Energy Star 4.0; Google solar; Solar Power from Human Hair; Green energy park; Tourism Firm to be 100% Powered by Solar

EPA Finalizes Energy Star 4.0 for Television As a whole, televisions across the United States use 50 billion kWh of energy per year, or four percent of electricity attributed to household appliances. Energy Star version 4.0 mandates that new TVs should be 40 percent more efficient that current products.

Google Plans Own Solar Technology Much the way the Internet company created its own breed of server that scaled easily and was cheaper to build, Google has been researching a way to make mirrors for solar arrays that will cost less than half the price of others on the market.

Solar Power from Human Hair Renewable energy is possible with something that everyone but Lex Luthor has. The secret is in Melanin, the pigment in hair that makes color, and its electrical conductive qualities are the secret to hair solar power.

Abandoned Ford plant being turned into green energy park Plans to turn Ford Motor Co.’s mothballed plant into a rejuvenated green energy park could come to fruition under a package of bills approved by the state Senate this morning. The Senate authorized the Michigan Economic Growth Authority to issue up to $100 million in tax credits for the project.

Tourism Firm to be 100% Powered by Solar City Merchandise, a New York souvenir distributor, will be 100 percent powered by a 68.47 kW commercial solar system. Once complete, the array will be the largest such installation in Brooklyn