02 Oct '12, 8pm

Did you know...women’s impact in clean energy is growing worldwide? Yup! Learn more: #Energy4all

Female leaders are playing a growing role in advancing the development of clean-energy technologies, helping to advance plans for carbon reduction, reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, and foster job creation. Some of these women were honored in a daylong symposium at MIT on Friday, Sept. 28, the inaugural event of an initiative — jointly created by the U.S. Department of Energy and the MIT Energy Initiative — called Clean Energy Education and Empowerment , or C3E. MIT president emerita Susan Hockfield opened the symposium, recalling the launching of MIT’s Energy Initiative as one of her very first acts upon assuming the Institute’s presidency eight years ago. “The most important challenge for this generation,” she said, “is building a sustainable energy system for the future.” That requires a multipronged approach, she said: “Great technology will never win alon...

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