The Daily Sprout

Hardware to Microsoft: Green Yourself: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spoke on the software giant’s green efforts but many still criticize the company for making power hungry software – ZDNet.

Cleantech Gadgets that Save You Green: Do ionic clothes washing systems, LED lamps and a stackable worm bins get you excited? Of course they do! – CNet.

Geothermal Sees Investors Warming: Geothermal companies say they are seeing more money trying to get into the space than there are projects. Sounds like we need some more geothermal startups to tap that – Financial Post.

Raser Has Two New Geothermal Projects: Raser Technologies has added a 10 MW project in Utah and a 10 MW project in Oregon to bring their total to seven pending projects with 70-75 MW of capacity – Clean Edge.

Russian Polysilicon Grows: Looking to tap into the growing solar market, seven new polysilicon and feedstock plants are planned in Russia. Nitol Solar began production at a huge plant in Siberia in January and plans for an IPO in London – EETimes.