The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy honored Daniel Yergin with the inaugural Carnot Prize. The Prize memorializes French scientist Sadi Carnot, who in 1824 published “Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire” at the age of 28. The Prize is intended to honor those who have revolutionized our understanding of energy policy.

This year’s Carnot Prize was presented in October by former Governor Edward Rendell, C’65, during the opening celebration for the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy’s new space in Penn’s iconic Fisher Fine Arts Library. Dr. Yergin is recognized for his “distinguished contributions to energy policy through scholarship and practice.”

Dr. Yergin is vice chairman of the research firm IHS, a world-recognized authority on global energy policy and markets. He concluded his latest book, The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World (2011), with the story of Carnot. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his previous book, The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power (1991), which has been translated into 19 languages.