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MIT Officially Opens Its Solar Energy Center

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) President Susan Hockfield and Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni celebrated the opening of the Eni-MIT Solar Frontiers Center (SFC). Originally announced in July 2008, the Solar Frontiers Center, headquartered on the MIT campus, promotes research in advanced solar technologies through projects ranging from new materials to hydrogen production from solar energy. The center is the result of an alliance signed in February... Read More

MIT Sucessfully Prints Solar Cell On Everyday Paper

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have successfully coated paper with a solar cell, part of a suite of research projects aimed at energy breakthroughs. Susan Hockfield, MIT’s president, and Paolo Scaroni, CEO of Italian oil company Eni, on Tuesday officially dedicated the Eni-MIT Solar Frontiers Research Center. Eni invested $5 million into the center, which is also receiving a $2 million National Science Foundation grant, said Vladimir Bulovic,... Read More