2011 PBS Special: "The Energy of Innovation"

For the last few months, YOU have shared your innovations that will improve how generate or use energy. Then we narrowed down a pool of hundreds to just seven finalists. Now, watch what some are calling “Innovation Idol,” where the studio audience votes for the best idea and awards a Planet Forward Innovator of the Year. Watch the Show | Follow the Innovators

Innovator Jamie Hestekin


Meet Jamie Hestekin and the University of Arkansas algae-to-butanol team. We’ll follow Jamie and his crew over the next year and see if they can automate their butanol machine and help make algae fuel a reality, or if they’ll slip