21st Century Regenerative Technology

1. Savor the fruit of others' green IT success
2. MTI and NeoSolar Making Fuel-Cell Powered Mobile Computers
3. The Daily Sprout

Savor the fruit of others' green IT success

2008-07-10 11:00

Ted Samson - Sustainable IT

Organizations are contributing to the greater good by making their datacenter best practices transparent Whether for the sake of helping tackle the datacenter power crisis, chipping in to fight global warming, winning over new customers, or racking up bragging rights, recently companies have been readily opening their datacenters in recent months (at least figuratively) and giving the world -- including would-be competitors -- a peek at their special techniques for reaping greater energy efficiency. Whatever the motivation, the practice is bound to be of use to organizations confounded by high energy bills, limited power for their datacenters, and perhaps directives... READ MORE

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MTI and NeoSolar Making Fuel-Cell Powered Mobile Computers

2008-07-10 10:00

Katie Fehrenbacher - Energy

We’ve been waiting awhile for the coming revolution of both fuel cell-powered devices and those tiny computers called “ultra mobile PCs.” Well now we can wait a bit more for a gadget with both of those future-forward designs in one. This morning fuel cell maker MTI Micro and Korean consumer electronics maker NeoSolar said they will be making a variety of consumer electronics powered by fuel cells, in particular ultra mobile PCs.

The companies aren’t revealing much, but say the gadgets will be able to use MTI’s methanol-based fuel cell technology Mobion as chargers, embedded technology and as snap-on attachments. No word on when these will be available, but check out the gadget below:

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The Daily Sprout

2008-07-10 01:01

Craig Rubens - Misc

Chevy Volt Tank Size and Range Shrink: At its unveilig 18 months ago, GM said the Chevy Volt would have a 12 gallon gas tank and a range of 640 miles. Now “a source” says those are shrinking and Chevy’s goal is to give the car a 360 mile range with a smaller tank - Kicking Tires via Autoblog Green.

eSolar Gets New CFO to Help Scale: Google’s solar thermal investment eSolar has brought in clean energy vet Merrick Kerr as their new CFO to help the company move its modular solar thermal power plants to market - Press Release.

Cheney’s Office Deleted Health Risks in Climate Report: Former EPA official Jason K. Burnett wrote a letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer alerting her of the Vice President’s office’s removal of health risks from a report on climate change - NYTimes.

Emcore Gets $29M of Solar Receiver Orders: Albuquerque-based Emcore has received two definite orders totaling $29 million for its solar receivers used in concentrating photovoltaic systems - CNNMoney.

GT Solar Prices for $600M IPO: GT Solar, maker of solar cell manufacturing equipment, has priced its stock for a forthcoming IPO. The company is planning on offering 30.3 million shares at $15.50 to $17.50, potentially raising over $600 million - Forbes.