Solar Soars: AFP: “The prototype of a pioneering Swiss bid to fly around the world on solar energy aims to take to the skies on Thursday in the first attempt at a night flight fuelled by the sun, the team said.”
Solargen Raises $4.1M: According to a press release on PEHub, “Solargen Energy said late Tuesday that it raised $4.1 million in financing by issuing Series B convertible preferred stock, plus warrants, to two private investors: UMC Capital Corp. and Chinatrust Venture Capital Corp. Solargen is a solar development company based in Cupertino, Calif. UMC Capital Corp. is the investment arm of UMC, the Taiwanese semiconductor foundry. Chinatrust Venture Capital is a subsidiary of Chinatrust Financial Holding Co. Ltd.”
Problems With Cloud Seeding: UPI says, “Whitening clouds over the world’s oceans to reflect more sunlight and reduce global warming could in fact increase monsoonal rains over oceans while causing the world’s continents to become drier on average, a Carnegie Institute study released Monday said.”
XPrize for Oil Clean Up: Triple Pundit reports that Francis Beland, Vice President of Prize Development at X Prize, “announced a bonus for finding an effective way of cleaning up the spill: US$10 million.”
Atari Founder: OK, this has nothing to do with greentech, but I love this guy, he founded Atari, and Chuck E Cheese, and about 20 other startups that failed (one including a bear robot band, another that was like a screen saver for TVs back in the 80s, and the latest was uWink, a gaming restaurant for adults). All hail Nolan Bushnell.
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