Green news harvest: Recycling solar, electric car calculator
To avoid electronic waste problems and recuperate valuable material, European solar manufacturers are starting to look at solar panel recycling.
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.
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A sampling of green-tech news with quick commentary.
- Light Cycle: Recycling PV Materials - Renewable Energy World
The European solar industry is taking steps to recycle the materials--some of it highly valuable metals--inside solar panels to avoid future e-waste problems. - Enbridge gears up for green gas era - The Toronto Star
Snapshot of efforts in Canada to put biogas from landfills, manure, and sewage into the natural gas pipeline to make electricity. - Does carbon-eating cement deserve the hype? - Climate Progress
If you're good at chemistry and want to dig into Calera's claims of carbon-consuming cement. Bottom line is that question of net energy balance is still not totally clear. - MIT to Republicans: Lay off the Scaremongering on Climate Costs - The Wall Street Journal
The debate of whether and how climate regulations will raise utility costs is going to be intense. Let's make it a fact-based discussion. - Graphic Of The Day: Gasoline Savings For Plug-In Hybrids (PHEVs) - TreeHugger
Department of Energy plots fuel savings from driving an electric vehicle--useful data for determining what premium you're willing to pay for a plug-in or all-electric car. - China Vies to Be Leader in Electric Vehicles - The New York Times
After reading this, it's hard to see how China won't be a major supplier of electric cars worldwide. - New storage system design brings hydrogen cars closer to reality
Purdue researchers, funded by GM, find a way to store hydrogen in a powder, an advance they say could lead to 300-mile hydrogen cars. - As Eco-Seals Proliferate, So Do Doubts - The Wall Street Journal
For environmentally minded consumers, labeling is a serious challenge and greenwashing is rampant. This piece provides some guidance. - Minnesota tests nation's first wind-to-battery storage - Minnesota Daily
Xcel Energy is testing a one-megawatt, truck-size battery to store and smooth the flow of wind energy.
