Green-tech news harvest: Stealth geothermal start-up, solar parking lots
Posted on May 23rd, 2008 in Uncategorized |
- Shares of Evergreen Solar shine after $1 billion contract news–Xconomy
Evergreen Solar gets good news from big orders from Germany. - AltaRock breaks new ground with geothermal power–Greentech Media
Geothermal power is an under-funded renewable energy source, according to MIT. Tyler Hamilton profiles Kleiner Perkins-backed AltaRock and discusses enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). - Greening parking lots with solar trees–EcoGeek
A company is building solar roofing for parking lots. - Wrightspeed to challenge Bugatti Veyron–Greentech Media
Whoa, that’s fast! The all-electric Wrightspeed SR-71 will go from 0 to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds. Talk about torque. - Water monitoring technology gets $8M boost in San Francisco, with more funds to come–VentureBeat
The area of water typically doesn’t attract a lot of investment. This project aims to establish a water monitoring system - Biofuels and food prices: Running the numbers–CNET News.com
New Energy Finance finds that biofuels production is one, but not the primary factor pushing up food prices.
(Credit: Envision Solar)
