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Green news harvest: Ethanol industry falls short
Corn ethanol companies are shutting down operations, while cellulosic ethanol from nonfood sources is still years away from commercial-scale production.
Martin LaMonica Former Staff writer, CNET News
Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT publication InfoWorld.
2 min read
A sampling of green-tech news with quick commentary.
- Goals for Ethanol Production Are in Peril - The New York Times
"The ethanol industry is on its back despite the billions of dollars they have gotten in taxpayer assistance, and a guaranteed market," according to one analyst. And the industry is unlikely to meet government production mandates. - Saudi Oil Min: Renewables Push Could Create Energy Havoc - Dow Jones
Saudi oil minister warns of a "nightmare scenario of diminishing energy supplies" if renewable energy is adopted too quickly. - How Better Place plans to revive the electric car - CNET Australia
Australia will be one of the first places to have Better Place's automated battery-swapping stations for electric cars. CNET Australia's Car Tech blog gets the lowdown. - Sequoia Backs Stealthy C12 To Capture Carbon - VentureWire
Boston-area start-up wants to make underground storage of carbon dioxide--of great interest to utilities--less expensive. Commercialization is years away, though. - Wind turbine 'broke due to mechanical failure not collision with flying object' - The Daily Telegraph
So much for the UFO theory.
Researchers look for a more efficient way to use stored compressed air to help power a (smaller) motor.
To do offshore wind, talk to people who know a bit about offshore oil.
Guest post by energy maven Amory Lovins, who says that gigantic power plants no longer make sense and that distributed "micropower" is the way to grow.
You can recycle your Dell PC at 1,000 locations in the U.S. now.