Brian Lam / Gizmodo:
PCs: Ultra-Efficient Lenovo “Blue Sky” A61e PC Can Be Solar Powered  —  Ultra-Efficient Lenovo “Blue Sky” A61e PC Can Be Solar Powered  —  I don't care much for the green PC segment, as low power consumption usually equates to low CPU power production, but this one is pretty nifty.

Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
New Patents Surface for an iPhone Antenna Clip, Solar Energy and a new Oil Resistant Coating for iOS Devices  —  A number of interesting Apple patent applications surfaced at the US Patent & Trademark Office yesterday.  This report will cover three of them.

Mike Chino / INHABITAT:
LG Unveils Solar Powered E-Book Reader  —  If we were stuck on a desert island with only one book, this recently unveiled solar e-book would be at the top of our list!  Designed by LG Display, the sleek reader features a wafer-fin photovoltaic cell that provides it with a steady stream of solar energy.

Robin Wauters / TechCrunch Europe:
Google invests $5 million in German solar power plant  —  Google has just announced its very first clean energy project investment in Europe, and hopefully not its last.  The Internet giant is pumping 3.5 million euros (roughly $5 million) in a solar photovoltaic power plant in a town near Berlin, Germany.

Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
MIT researchers split water to store solar energy  —  The key to plentiful solar power is water, says Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Daniel Nocera.  —  Nocera and his MIT colleague, Matthew Kanan, on Thursday will publish a technical paper that describes what they claim is a breakthrough in solar energy storage.

Jim Stogdill / O'Reilly Radar:
Energy Savings, Strange Attractors, ...  ... the Intrinsic Cost of State Change, Orbiting Alien Voyeurs, and 200 Square Kilometers of Solar Panels Somewhere in Texas  —  The Silicon Valley Leadership Group and Berkeley National Labs recently published the results of their first Data Center Demonstration Project (pdf).