Green news harvest: Wave power moves ahead

A sampling of green-tech news with quick commentary.

• RWE NPower tests carbon capture in the U.K.--SmartPlanet.com
  Carbon storage next to coal plant plan moving ahead in the U.K. A report suggests this could be done at large scale by 2030.
• Hydrogen as automotive fuel--NYTimes.com
  Another reality check on hydrogen transportation. Worth noting that during a panel at EmTech on green transportation Wednesday, the word "hydrogen" was never said.



• First U.S. carbon auction results to come out Monday--Reuters
  The U.S dips its toes into carbon emissions trading with the Northeast RGGI regime.
• Pelamis starts Portugal wave-power farm--Cleantech Group
  A Pelamis wave-power machine, if you recall, was part of Google's floating data center patent.
• Top 10 green-tech venture fundings of 2008 (so far)--Greentech Media
  Amazing--the deals are big numbers and almost all solar related, covering multiple technologies.
• Dell driving transition to energy-efficient LED displays--press release
  Dell gets its green on, some more: these LEDs use less electricity and are more easily recycled.
• Solar panels are vanishing, only to reappear on the Internet--NYTimes.com
  An installer looked at me funny last year when I asked about thievery. Now it seems this is a serious problem. Best solution appears to be cameras and alarms.
• OPT deploys PowerBuoy for first commercial wave power project with Iberdrola--press release
  Spanish renewable energy heavyweight Iberdrola will install a wave power turbine able to pump over 1 megawatt into the Spanish grid.