Tuesday, December 30, 2008

The Top 10 Green-Tech Breakthroughs of 2008


Wired published an article with the top10 green technology breakthroughs, with plenty of solar energy technologies in the mix. It's a must read:

Green technology was hot in 2008. Barack Obama won the presidential election promising green jobs to Rust Belt workers. Investors poured $5 billion into the sector just through the first nine months of the year. And even Texas oilmen like T. Boone Pickens started pushing alternative energy as a replacement for fossil fuels like petroleum, coal and natural gas.


The Top 10 Green-Tech Breakthroughs of 2008 @ Wired.com

Labels: , , ,

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Solar Gigabucks

Two new articles at Wired.com check them out:

Solar Goes From Gardens to Gigabucks

FREMONT, California -- Solar cells have been converting sunlight into electricity for years, but scientists have been much less successful at turning that technology into money.
Now, in a staid Bay Area office park, a converted hard-drive factory with a shiny new façade has begun churning out unconventional solar tubes that could change the economics of solar power.


Read the rest here

Labels: , , , ,