MIT offers cash for top clean energy idea

By Thomas Grillo
Saturday, November 7, 2009 - Updated 13d 9h ago

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Two weeks after President Barack Obama encouraged energy innovation in a speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the school is offering cash for the most groundbreaking idea.

The school’s Clean Energy Prize of $200,000 will be awarded next year for the most inventive solution. The competition is open to graduate and undergraduate students nationwide.

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IDEAS UP THERE: President Obama, MIT president Susan Hockfield, Gov. Patrick, and Senator Kerry watch professor Alex Slocum during a research lab tour last month. The school is offering a cash prize for the most groundbreaking energy innovation.