LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CNBC, the leading business and financial news channel, has announced the launch of a new global 10-part segment series on clean energy called People, Planet, Profit. The series is sponsored by The Zayed Future Energy Prize, an annual award that celebrates achievements that reflect innovation, long-term vision and leadership in renewable energy and sustainability.

People, Planet, Profit looks at the next generation of clean technologies and goes behind the scenes of the most innovative companies and the unique energy they create. For each technology the series will assess if it’s a viable clean energy source and if it can turn a profit for investors. Each programme will examine cutting edge technologies including tidal wave, osmotic power, algae fuel, kite power and smart grids. The segments, which will air during prime programming, will be hosted by CNBC anchor Geoff Cutmore.

The series will be broadcast on CNBC’s three regional networks, covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia-Pacific and the United States, reaching more than 240 million households worldwide. The series launched in EMEA and Asia-Pacific today and started airing in the Unites States this week.

People, Planet, Profit will air twice on Thursdays in EMEA at 09.45 CET and 16.45 CET. In Asia-Pacific the segment will air at 18.40 HK/SIN.

About CNBC in EMEA: CNBC, First in Business worldwide, is the leading global broadcaster of live business and financial news and information, reporting directly from the major financial markets around the globe, with three regional networks in Asia, EMEA and the US. In EMEA, CNBC is the only real-time, pan-regional business and financial news network dedicated to CEOs, senior corporate executives, the financial services industry and investors. The channel is available in approximately 130 million homes, 1,400 banks and financial institutions and leading hotels across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Additionally CNBC.com gives you access to live streams of all three CNBC regional networks and to the world’s most comprehensive archive of business news videos ever assembled. CNBC is a wholly owned subsidiary of NBC Universal. NBC Universal is the broadcasting unit of the General Electric Company (GE).

About The Zayed Future Energy Prize

The Zayed Future Energy Prize seeks to encourage innovation across a wide spectrum of renewable energy solutions, energy conservation and sustainability. The prize, now in its third year, is the largest of its kind and offers the winner $1.5 million and up to two finalists $350,000 each. Nominations & submissions to the competition can be made at www.ZayedFutureEnergyPrize.com until 8 October 2010. The Zayed Future Energy Prize represents the vision of His Highness, the late Founding Father and President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan.