ETI Insights

To compete with China’s dominance in battery technology, the U.S. needs more than just ambition—it needs new chemistry. This episode traces the rise and fall of an American sodium battery startup and the quiet race to build a cheaper, safer,...

A market for air pollution was scaled to reach over 15 million people in Gujarat, India.

Video As the world’s energy needs diversify, all forms of energy will require storage. Power grids, in particular, will need better batteries to store renewable energy. University of Chicago electrochemist Chibueze Amanchukwu is working to create a more sustainable future....

By Michael Greenstone, Rohini Pande, Nicholas Ryan, and Anant Sudarshan Context Air pollution is one of India’s foremost public-health concerns, with the average person in India losing about 3.5 years of life expectancy. Policymakers have struggled to reduce industrial pollution,...

If nations are to meet their sustainable energy goals, experts argue that batteries will be a crucial part of the equation.

Climate change is making weather more variable, with rainfall patterns becoming less predictable and extreme temperatures occurring more frequently.  Agriculture is particularly sensitive to these changing conditions, jeopardizing the livelihoods of the majority of the world’s poor who depend on...

Video A groundbreaking study led by Professor Fiona Burlig, Deputy Director for the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC India) and an assistant professor at the Harris School of Public Policy, and her team, explores the impact...

Can access to better forecasts help farmers better adapt to climate change?