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While the vest is applicable to anyone who works outdoors, the user profile was built around “boda bodas,” the cyclists who transport people between immigration offices along the borders of African countries. Wearable Solar Panel Vest For Outdoor Workers - PSFK
“Weihl said Google is looking to cut the cost of making heliostats, the fields of mirrors that have to track the sun, by at least a factor of two, “ideally a factor of three or four.”” (via Google: We’re Going into the Solar Mirror Business - News and Analysis by PC Magazine)
(via Inhabitat » First Algae-Powered Car Attempts to Cross US on 25 Gallons)
The hair replaces silicon, a pricey component typically used in solar panels, and means the panels can be produced at a low cost for those with no access to power, he explained. (via Teenager invents £23 solar panel that could be solution to developing world’s energy needs..made from human hair | Mail Online)
Fritz Henderson, chief executive of General Motors, announces that the Volt, the company’s electric car scheduled to be released in 2011, will get at least 230 miles per gallon. (via G.M. Puts Volt’s Mileage in City in Triple Digits - NYTimes.com)
Nissan will begin selling the first Leaf cars in the United States, Japan and Europe toward the end of 2010, adding two more models soon after. It expects production to start with around 200,000 units a year at the global roll-out in 2012. Nissan unveils zero-emission hatchback Leaf | Green Business | Reuters
Studies show that white roofs reduce air-conditioning costs by 20 percent or more in hot, sunny weather. Lower energy consumption also means fewer of the carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming. (via By Degrees - White Roofs Catch on as Energy Cost Cutters - Series - NYTimes.com)
Using Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) to generate electricity from the solar energy absorbed and stored in the tropical oceans. (via Sea Solar Power)
The world’s first mass produced fully-electric vehicle TESLA - Model S
