May 23, 2008 11:02 AM PDT

Green-tech news harvest: Stealth geothermal start-up, solar parking lots

Shares of Evergreen Solar shine after $1 billion contract news--Xconomy
Evergreen Solar gets good news from big orders from Germany.
AltaRock breaks new ground with geothermal power--Greentech Media
Geothermal power is an under-funded renewable energy source, according to MIT. Tyler Hamilton profiles Kleiner Perkins-backed AltaRock and discusses enhanced geothermal systems (EGS).

(Credit: Envision Solar)

Greening parking lots with solar trees--EcoGeek
A company is building solar roofing for parking lots.
Wrightspeed to challenge Bugatti Veyron--Greentech Media
Whoa, that's fast! The all-electric Wrightspeed SR-71 will go from 0 to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds. Talk about torque.
Water monitoring technology gets $8M boost in San Francisco, with more funds to come--VentureBeat
The area of water typically doesn't attract a lot of investment. This project aims to establish a water monitoring system
Biofuels and food prices: Running the numbers--CNET News.com
New Energy Finance finds that biofuels production is one, but not the primary factor pushing up food prices.

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer for CNET's Green Tech blog. He started at CNET News in 2002, covering IT and Web development. Before that, he was executive editor at IT publication InfoWorld. E-mail Martin.

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