<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/022ccdef-f944-4506-8e2c-1ad2b9879745/9C978C7D-BEB1-4218-BF31-9CCD93322F1B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9824695-54.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20" href="http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9824695-54.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20" style="font-size: 11px;">www.news.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9824695-54.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20"><P> The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is kicking off a competition to award $200,000 to entrepreneurs in the green-energy field. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9824695-54.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20"><P> The <A href="http://www.mitceep.com/" class="external-link">MIT Clean Energy Entrepreneurship Prize</A>, announced Wednesday, combines two existing prizes and increases the prize money. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9824695-54.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20"><P> The revamped contest pulls in sponsorship from the U.S. Department of Energy and NStar, an electric and gas utility based in Massachusetts. In addition to receiving cash or services, competitors will also get mentoring from experts as they develop their business plans. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9824695-54.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20"><P> Sponsors hope the competition will accelerate the pace of innovation and energy. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9824695-54.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20"><P> But the field is still trying to pull in a steady flow of entrepreneurs and experienced business managers, with many people trying to make the jump from the <A href="http://www.news.com/Tech-vets-making-leap-to-green-tech/2100-11395_3-6187010.html" context="com.caucho.jsp.PageContextImpl@70b1f273" title="Tech vets making leap to green tech -- Tuesday, May 29, 2007">IT industry to clean energy</A>. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9824695-54.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20"><P> The contest begins February 15 on MIT's campus in Cambridge, Mass. 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