Finding secure, safe and reliable sources of energy to power world economic growth will be
one of the great challenges of this century. The Harvard University Center for the
Environment invites the Harvard community to take up the challenge by participating in
this ongoing series of discussions.
THE FUTURE OF ENERGY
Spring 2009
Saul Griffith
President and Chief Scientist, Makani Power
"New Forms of Wind Power and the Incentive for Out-of-the-Box Thinking on
Energy"
TODAY at 5:00 pm
Harvard University
Science Center Lecture Hall D
One Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA
Makani Power is seeking to harness high-altitude wind energy to produce energy at an
unsubsidized real cost significantly below that of the least expensive coal-fired power
plants, the current benchmark of the lowest cost source of power. Capturing a small
fraction of the global high-altitude wind energy flux could be sufficient to supply the
current energy needs of the globe.
Saul Griffith has multiple degrees in materials science and mechanical engineering and
completed his Ph.D. in Programmable Assembly and Self Replicating machines at MIT. He is
the co-founder of numerous companies including: Optiopia, Squid Labs, Potenco,
Instructables.com, HowToons and Makani Power. Saul has been awarded numerous awards for
invention including the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Collegiate Inventor's award,
and the Lemelson-MIT Student prize. Recently, he has been named a MacArthur Fellow.
The Future of Energy lecture series is sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the
Environment with generous support from Bank of America. All of the lectures are free and
open to the public.
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Contact:
Lisa Matthews
Events Coordinator
Harvard University Center for the Environment
24 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu
p. 617-495-8883
f. 617-496-0425
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