Serious in-flight fire in Boeing's new CO2-fighting plane

July 2010: Boeing's Dreamliner lands safely in Britain for the first time | Business | The Guardian

The 250-seater aircraft with Rolls-Royce and General Electric engines emits 20% less carbon dioxide than similar-sized planes
...
Jonathan Counsell, British Airways' head of environment, said: "We are committed to addressing our impact on climate change. Adopting new technology is one of the ways in which we are reducing our greenhouse gas emissions.

Nov 9, 2010: Electrical fire forces emergency landing of 787 test plane | Seattle Times Newspaper

Flames were seen in the rear electrical/electronics bay, which is underneath the passenger cabin, said two people who were informed of the details.

"If this had happened at 25,000 feet, we might be talking about something much more serious," said a person close to the situation.
...
But on the Dreamliner, most of the systems — including the hydraulic pumps that manipulate the flight-control surfaces, the brakes, cabin pressurization, engine-starting system and wing ice-protection system — are electrically operated.

Boeing touts this shift as saving energy and reducing the aircraft's mechanical complexity.