Check out what happened this week: 100-feet-per-minute solar printing, 10 minute electric car charging, and 10 percent of the U.S. to one day be powered by solar. We’re making progress! (oh, except for this.)

Nanosolar Prints Thin Film Solar At 100-Feet-per-Minute: Thin film solar eye candy! Startup Nanosolar put this video on its website showing a solar printing tool that can deliver 1 GW annually, at a rate of 100-feet-per-minute — Nanosolar says that’s the thin film tool with the most capacity in the world.

Big Blue to Take on Thin-Film Solar: Whoa, IBM is moving into thin film solar — all those startups like Nanosolar betta watch out.

Epyon: 10-Minute Electric Car Charging: Why not charge an electric vehicle in 10 minutes instead of 6 to 12 hours? Well, when the technology comes out in the future it’ll charge you a lot more than your free outlet.

Report: Solar to Power 10% of the U.S. by 2025: For serious? Even with soon-to-expire solar tax credits getting ignored, the U.S. is making sunny progress.

Tesla Update: Former CEO’s Crashed Car, IPO Plans & WhiteStar: Yeah, a Tesla technician actually crashed former CEO of Tesla, Martin Eberhard’s, Roadster while it was being test drove. Eberhard left the company on negative terms, so it would be easy to use Freud’s turn of phrase that there are no accidents. Tesla says it was an honest mistake and the car is being repaired.

Intel Spins Out, Funds Solar Maker SpectraWatt: Even Intel is getting into the solar game. This week the chip maker spun out startup SpectraWatt, and lead its $50 million funding round.

Bob Metcalfe: Avoid the Pressure of the Green Bubble: He should know, he survived the last bubble.

Intel’s SpectraWatt Gets Silicon from PV Crystalox Solar: We already told you chipmaker Intel spun out solar startup Spectrawatt. Now the spin-off has sourced its silicon for the next five years from PV Crystalox Solar - Gunter Portfolio.

ZENN Moving to Sell EVs in Canada: ZENN Motor Co., a Canadian electric vehicle manufacturer, currently only sells it’s low-speed EVs in the U.S. but is looking to break into it’s home market and has started a pilot project in Quebec - Green Car Congress.

Energy Recovery Aims for $112M IPO: The San Leandro, Calif.-based company, which makes energy recovery devices for the desalination industry, set an estimated price range of $7-$9 per share. Citi and Credit Suisse are underwriting the offering under the ticker ERII - Market Watch.

EcoSearch Greens Your Search and World: “Same Search, Better Earth.” So goes EcoSearch.org’s tagline. Powered by Google, it gives you the same results but all the ad revenues go to environmental organizations - Good Clean Tech.

Norwegian Solar Maker Building $2.5B Plant in Singapore: Norway’s Renewable Energy Corporation ASA said today it will invest 13 billion kroner (US$2.5 billion) to build a solar panel fab facility in Singapore. The plant is supposed to be online by 2010 and generating $2.1 billion by revenue by 2011 - International Herald Tribune.

Control4 Gets $20M for Uber-Universal Remote: Contorl4 makes a remote control that lets you control everything in your home from home entertainment system to your central air. It even has smart metering capabilities and talks with your utility. Foundation Capital led the startup’s $20 million round - VentureBeat.

DOE to Invest $90M in Geothermal: The U.S. Department of Energy says they could invest up to $90 million in advanced geothermal projects over the next four years, subject to Congressional appropriations - DOE via Green Car Congress.

Oil Crunch vs. Global Warming: Has the rising price of oil trumped the discussion of the rising temperature of the globe? - NYTimes Dot Earth.

EnerNOC Signs Up With TVA: EnerNOC has contracted with the Tennessee Valley Authority, the largest U.S. public utility, to provide a minimum of 110 megawatts of demand response capacity - EnerNOC.

UK Electrifies Cars with ‘Elektrobays’: EDF energy has started to roll out charging stations for plug-in electric vehicles at 9 Capital Shopping Centers. The infrastructure revolution begins, or rather, continues - Treehugger.

SOLON Acquires 19% of Estelux: German solar giant SOLON AG has acquired a 19.5 percent stake in Italian silicon startup Estelux s.r.l. for €360 million ($557.5 million). This move solidifies SOLON’s access to silicon and solar modules - Renewable Energy World.

Super Low-Energy Chip Chills in its Sleep: Researchers at the University of Michigan say they have developed microchip that uses 30,000 times less power in sleep mode than existing chips and 10 times less power when active - Cleantech Media.

BioSolar Preps for Full-Scale Production: BioSolar makes solar cell components from plants and has partnered with plastic fabricator Rowland Technologies to start manufacturing on a commercial scale - BioSolar.

Fuel Costs Do Change Your Driving: The Economist graphs out how fuel prices relate to vehicle miles driven. It’s an important connection to note as gas prices are likely to stay high - The Economist.

Iberdola Signs on for €6.3B of Wind: In a deal labeled as the industry’s largest, Spanish utility Iberdrola has signed an agreement to buy 4,500 MW (~$9.8B) worth of wind turbines for projects in Europe, the U.S. and Mexico - Cleantech Media.

(Another) Water-Powered Car!: Genepax of Japan says they have created a car that runs on nothing but water by splitting the H20 into hydrogen onboard. They want to work with Japanese manufacturers to mass produce the vehicle - Reuters.

The Earth2Tech team was operating on both coasts this week, keeping track of the doings inside the Beltway as well as in the Valley. In case you were also jet setting this week we’ve gathered the most important headlines from this week’s cleantech news for you here.

SF Passes Largest City Solar Program in U.S. (Finally): After months of politicking and numerous debates by the city board, the San Francisco board of supervisors has authorized the largest municipal solar incentive program in the country with an annual budget of $3 million over 10 years.

Shai Agassi on How to Electrify America’s Cars Agassi is convinced America’s auto fleet can use his battery swapping infrastructure because the sprawling and interconnected urban centers all along our coasts will make placement easy and convenient.

Cost Estimates of T. Boone’s Colossal Wind Farm Keep Rising: The cost of T. Boone Pickens’ wind farm, slated to be the world’s largest, keeps going up. First we heard $6 billion, then $10 billion and now most recently $12 billion. Transmission lines and rising construction costs are hitting wind projects hard.

Gasp! Car Companies Dominating Cleantech Patents: The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index for Q1 2008 shows that Detroit automakers, not Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, are dominating the intellectual property side of the cleantech revolution.

Google to Invest in Green Cars This Summer: Expanding its investments in cleantech, Google.org announced that it’s plug-in electric car program, RechargeIT, will be announcing investments in several ventures this summer with the goal to make plug-in electric cars a reality.

Wanna buy a hybrid vehicle? Join the club: Hybrid car models are “flying out of showrooms” due to the surge in gas prices. The Prius, Highlander hybrid and Camry hybrid models are all but impossible to get in many locales — The Globe and Mail.

Monitor Green Power, Earn Money: Just like in the dotcom days, you can get money for practically nothing. A company called Clear Skies Solar says it will soon sell a renewable-energy monitoring system, Xtrax, that is almost free and delivers a monthly check — Greentech Media.

BrightSource Opens Israeli Solar Park: Solar thermal company BrightSource dedicated a Solar Energy Development Center in Israel’s Negev’s Rotem Industrial Park, where the company can conduct R&D — release.

Ford Testing Plug-In Hybrids With Johnson-Saft Batteries: A bit of news from earlier in the week, Ford is building a test fleet of Ford Escape plug-in hybrids, which will be powered by lithium-ion batteries from Johnson Controls-Saft. Neat — release.

IBM’s Data Center-In-A-Box: IBM is allocating a bangin billion to Project Big Green and making modular data centers. Our IBM Project Big Green coverage here — EcoGeek.

The Airlines Are Hurting More Than You: “More than half of what they [airlines] charge for a ticket is devoted to jet fuel, up from as little as 10% to 20% just a few years ago.” — WSJ.

Toyota “Moving Beyond Lithium Ion”: Toyota said today it will make its cars more fuel efficient, start producing lithium ion battery tech with a JV, and develop battery technology that is beyond lithium ion. Also buried at the end of this article, the company says it is looking into cellulosic ethanol, too. And then theres the fact that they confirmed a plug-in hybrid for 2010. A long green to-do list. — Forbes and AutoblogGreen.

Thin Film Heading to German Court: The world’s largest maker of thin film solar equipment filed a complaint against Sunfilm in Germany for patent infringement — Bloomberg.

Algae-to-Biodiesel, Algenol in the Money?: Florida’s Algenol Biofuels is reported to have a $850 million licensing deal — Inside Greentech.

Xtrac Says Flywheels for Hybrid Vehicles: Xtrac, a company that develops transmission technology, says its flywheel kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS) that is being created for Formula One cars could be used for hybrid vehicles — Green CarCongress.

“Telework: Sun Runs the Numbers”: How much energy does telecommuting actually save? Sun Microsystems has crunched the numbers and says commuting accounts for 98 percent of a worker’s carbon footprint and estimates a Sun worker uses 64 watts per hour while at home as opposed to 130 wph at the office - Web Worker Daily.

Ford Taps Johnson Controls-Saft For PHEV Battery Test: Ford will be launching a test fleet of Escape plug-in hybrid electric vehicles powered by lithium-ion batteries from Johnson Controls-Saft - Earth Times.

Biofuel Feedstock of the Hour: Seaweed: If land-based biofuels are so problematic, why not head out to sea? Seaweed cultivation is a $6 billion industry and though mostly used for food could be a viable biofuel feedstock. Watch out, sushi lovers - Times of India.

Lawrence Livermore Develops New Hydrogen Tank: Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have created a hydrogen tank for cars that can hold either liquefied or compressed gas hydrogen and has passed safety impact and flame tests - Autoblog Green.

Gas Prices Do Effect Driving Habits: The NPD Group, a market research firm, has conducted a poll and found that Americans are making serious changes to their driving habits due to the steady increase in the cost of gasoline - NPD.

Japan Announces New Emissions Plan: Japan’s PM said today Japan will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 60 to 80 percent by 2050 from current levels and launch an experimental carbon market - AFP.

Shell and Qatar Petroleum to Invest $70M in Carbon Storage: Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell and Qatar Petroleum say they will invest up to $70 million to research carbon dioxide storage projects at Qatar Science & Technology Park and Imperial College over the next 10 years - Bloomberg News.

Rumor Mill: GM Hasn’t Picked Volt Battery Yet: GM now says they have not yet decided on what battery they will use for their plug-in Volt, but likely candidates include A123 and LG Chem - Autoblog Green.

How High Are Gas Prices Near You?: If you’re on the coasts of the country you’re likely paying more for your gasoline. Check out this awesome map to see who’s paying what where for gas - NYTimes.

First Solar on Kramer’s Mad Money: Answering a viewer question on First Solar, Kramer said he was “chagrined by the massive insider selling by the CEO” and invited the CEO on to explain his move. Right after that Kramer reiterated how much he loves coal companies - CNBC.