Cradle-to-cradle

I just read about the architect William A. McDonough.

He's the inventor of the Cradle-to-cradle concept.
Although this isn't about energy in the narrow sense, it's about waste turning into food for the bio- or technosphere, energy certainly is a major aspect of his work.

Checkout his website.

Wave Powered Desalination

Slashdots reports about a technology that makes waves power desalination installations. This could be a great technology as one of the solutions for water shortage.

Read more over here.

The future of hydrogen...

Will hydrogen first power lawnmowers and only a lot later cars and other transportation?
Join the discussion on Wired.

Solar plastic is coming...

Cheap solar cells, called Solar plastic, will be printed.
They will enable all kind of devices, portables, mp3 players, mobile phones, etc., to recharge on the sun.

Read more on Wired.