Tag: renevable energy
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Living Light – plants become an energy system
We create a world in which plants become part of our energy system and where technology and nature will merge. ‘Living Light’, a lamp which harvests its energy by the electrons released through bacteria in the soil during the photosynthetic process of the plant. Softly stroking the leafs transforms this ordinary plant into a Living…
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Electricity with living plants
Plant-e develops products in which electricity is generated with living plants. The products are based on a technology that was developed at Wageningen University. In 2007 the technology was patented, and Plant-e was able to get the patents from the university in 2009. The technology enables us to generate electricity with living plants at practically…
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Power from Tidal and Ocean Currents
Imagine that you are standing on a beach flying a kite in the wind, you feel a strong force from the kite in the rope and notice that the kite flies fast, way faster than the wind is blowing. If you would attach a turbine to the kite and put it in the ocean, where…
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Walking, energy and light
“Everytime someone walks over the Pavegen tile, renewable energy is harvested from the footstep. The technology converts the kinetic energy to electricity which can be stored and used for a variety of applications. The energy harvested by the Pavegen tile can immediately power off-grid applications such as pedestrian lighting, way-finding solutions and advertising signage or be…