In other news…
Nice Q&A with Art Aylesworth, CEO of Victoria, B.C.-based Carmanah Technologies, in Red Herring. Aylesworth talks about the company’s decision to start selling “solar engines” — a combination of solar panels, batteries and electronics — that can power telecom towers and other equipment in remote locations. I’ve talked to Aylesworth about this and posted about it before. It’s all part of Carmanah’s new five-year business plan. The Q&A in Red Herring is just another take on it. Worth a read.
Also, the Deal.com (via News.com) has a piece about using algae to produce biodiesel. Meanwhile, Technology Review has an article about India’s plans for developing biodiesel. Oh, and actor/environmentalist Ed Begley Jr. has a new show on HGTV called “Living With Ed.” It’s basically a reality TV show with a green twist, with Begley and his wife living out a lifestyle that has been designed around energy efficiency, conservation, waste reduction and renewables. Hopefully it will inspire others to consider a similar lifestyle, though you’ve got to wonder whether he’ll be preaching to the converted.
Tyler Hamilton is senior energy reporter and columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. In addition to this Clean Break blog, Tyler writes a weekly column of the same name that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the cleantech market. This blog is a personal project started in April 2005. It is not an official blog of the newspaper. Tyler can be reached at tyler@cleanbreak.ca