MIT Energy Initiative - Future Energy Systems Center Consortium

Projects

Active Projects

Assessing Vulnerabilities in Global Terrestrial and Atmospheric Hydrogen Sinks and the Risk of Unintended Future-climate Consequences
Focus Areas:
Earth Systems, Managed Resources
Description:
Biomass availability for producing transportation fuels  
Focus Areas:
Managed Resources, Energy Transition, Policy Scenarios, Climate Policy
Description:

Sponsor: MIT Energy Initiative Future Energy Systems Center

Leaders: Sergey Paltsev, Kristala Prather (MIT Chemical Engineering)

Duration: 2 years
Hydrogen: Assessing vulnerabilities in global terrestrial & atmospheric sinks & leakage risks to unintended climate consequences
Focus Areas:
Earth Systems, Natural Ecosystems, Managed Resources, Energy Transition
Description:

Duration

Two years

Motivation

• Under a global, low-carbon economy driven by hydrogen-based energy technologies, leakages at unprecedented scales are inevitable.

• Atmospheric H2 is largely controlled naturally by global soil sinks....