August 21, 2008 5:45 AM PDT
Green news harvest: Fuel-cell gadget charger, liquor-powered iPod
- A sampling of green-tech news with quick commentary.
- Investor support of climate action grows--CBS News
Big polluters feel the, uh, heat from shareholders. Resolutions related to climate change more than doubled over the past five years, according to Ceres. - Masdar breaks ground on photovoltaic factory in Germany--press release
Abu Dhabi-based fund invests big in solar, diversifying from oil. This is also a major shot in the arm for thin-film solar cells, upping competition with silicon. - Coskata due diligence--R-Squared Energy Blog
Blogger Robert Rapier gives a hot ethanol start-up a rigorous screening and leaves with some questions. The key on all these cellulosic ethanol companies will be getting costs down at a commercial scale--and the numbers aren't yet in. - Medis 24-7 Power Pack fuel cell available--Engadget
A fuel cell charger and liquid fuel cartridges for consumer electronics are now available. Here's hoping they recycle used cartridges. - Back to whale oil--Gristmill
Climate crusader Joseph Romm digs up YouTube videos of presidential candidate John McCain's town meetings where he says that renewable energy can't be counted on for a significant portion of America's needs and that truly clean technologies "don't work." - Charge your iPod with vodka?--Blast
Don't get too excited, but word from Horizon Fuel Cells is that liquor cabinet boozes will indeed work (clear alcohol preferred) and that drug-store alcohol is best. - Summit produces clean-energy agenda--Greentech Media
Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, one of the conference hosts, says he's taking the recommendations to both party conventions and to the Senate. - Driven: Shai Agassi's audacious plan to put electric cars on the road--Wired
In-depth profile of the former SAP executive and his current work for Project Better Place, with some fresh details on the technology to enable the battery-swapping business model. - APC announces next-generation fuel cell product for data centers--press release
Fuel cells for backup power in data centers is a commercially viable application for hydrogen, though less sexy than hydrogen-powered cars.
A liquid fuel charger for your gadgets.
(Credit: Medis Technologies)
Martin LaMonica is a senior writer for CNET's Green Tech blog. He started at CNET News in 2002, covering IT and Web development. Before that, he was executive editor at IT publication InfoWorld. E-mail Martin.
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