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Hi Folks,
We've entered Solar Roadways into GE's Ecomagination Challenge: a $200 million innovation experiment where businesses, entrepreneurs, innovators and students share their best ideas on how to build the next-generation power grid - and just might get funded.

If you'd like to help bring Solar Roadways to implementation, then please vote for Solar Roadways in all three of these categories. Click each of the links below and you'll be taken to the voting site. You'll have to register to vote, but the process is quick and easy and we haven't heard a single complaint from anyone who has voted for us about the registration process. If you include an image in your profile, you'll show up as a supporter on our Ecomagination page.

We get frequent requests from supporters asking about what they can do to help. If you would like this project to become a reality quickly - voting and passing the info on to your friends is something that could make a real difference. Also, posting comments on the GE site would help. You can also download a flyer here - feel free to distribute it anywhere: school, group meetings, health club, etc. We could use the votes!

What we need is a grass roots movement to send the Solar Roadways right to the top of GE's voting charts! Please include a link to this page on your Facebook account, Twitter, etc.

Our three entries are (click to vote - please vote for all 3):

Solar Roadways
Create Power (Renewables) - Our goal is to provide more clean energy than we can use by retrofitting roads, parking lots, etc., with structurally-engineered recyclable solar panels that are driven upon. This reduces greenhouse gases, creates countless green jobs, and eliminates dependence on oil by allowing electric vehicles to recharge virtually anywhere.

Solar Roadways - the ultimate Smart Grid
Connect Power (Grid Efficiency) - Our goal is to replace current roads and parking lots with structurally engineered solar panels which are driven upon, resulting in an intelligent, decentralized, secure, self-healing smart grid, which provides clean energy generation and distribution. This will prevent power outages, allow real time monitoring, and enhance national security.

Solar Roadways, parking lots, playgrounds, driveways, bike paths, sidewalks...
Use Power (Eco Homes/Buildings) - Retrofitting parking lots, driveways, sidewalks, bike paths and playgrounds with structurally-engineered Solar Road Panels allows businesses, homes and schools to produce their own clean renewable energy, and connect to the Solar Roadways grid. Embedded heating elements prevent snow accumulation and LEDs will "paint" customizable lines, words and sports courts.

This could feasibly be the opportunity that gets our project off the drawing board and "down the road". We'd really appreciate your help.

Thank you so very much for voting. You can also help by sharing this site with everyone you know - simply click Share on the right side of this page.

Current rankings (over 1780 idea entries):
2nd - (1943 votes) Solar Roadways
8th - (1304 votes) Solar Roadways - the ultimate Smart Grid
9th - (1294 votes) Solar Roadways, parking lots, playgrounds, driveways, bike paths, sidewalks...
Last updated 09-06-10 11:22pm

Note: these three ideas were submitted days apart, as the number of votes suggest.

News: YERT's Solar Roadways video has passed 500,000 views on YouTube!

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