Innowattech breakthrough in alternative energy from road traffic

An Israeli company, Innowattech Ltd., in cooperation with Israel National Roads Company, has recently tested the IPEG™ (Innowattech Piezoelectric Generator) system in the first of its kind pilot project along a ten-meter stretch of highway in Israel.
The technology developed by Innowattech in association with Technion I.I.T (Israel Institute of Technology) is based on piezoelectric materials that enable conversion of mechanical energy exerted by the weight of passing vehicles into electrical energy.
One kilometer of Innowattech's generators along a single lane is capable of producing an average of 200 KWh per hour, sufficient electricity to provide for the average consumption in 200-300 households provided approximately 600 heavy trucks or buses travel through the interval per hour on average.
The harvested electricity may be supplied to various road-side applications, such as traffic lights, billboards, enforcement cameras, signs, etc., as well as transferred into the electric grid. The technology may also be used for road data collection (Smart Road).

The technology does not increase the vehicles' fuel intake or affect the road infrastructure. It is not affected by weather conditions and allows electricity to be harvested near the end consumer.
Innowattech has also developed the technology for harvesting energy from movement of trains, airplanes and pedestrians, to be tested within months to come.
For more information, please visit www.innowattech.co.il or contact Yael Greenberg, Business Development and Marketing Executive, at bd@innowattech.co.il.

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[darcyfason]

love your energy

[floridians4israel]

The world will be a better place.

[grazianoturbogas]

the law of conservation of energy...? Think of running across the beach in soft sand vs running on a hard surface... it takes more energy to run in sand just as it takes more energy to roll a car across those Piezoelectrics... these generators can be used to tax the people like a toll road sucking their gasoline to make electricity.

ABSOLUTELY TRUE ! If you think that the amount of energy stole to people isn't important is only because the energy produced isn't important! So the device itself!

[elinorkonen]

admiring the time and effort you put into your video and detailed information you offer.

[GunClingingPalin]

@PerfectDecalibration the law of conservation of energy...? Think of running across the beach in soft sand vs running on a hard surface... it takes more energy to run in sand just as it takes more energy to roll a car across those Piezoelectrics... these generators can be used to tax the people like a toll road sucking their gasoline to make electricity.

[Ureallydontknow]

@CoinDevil are you retarded?

[jasondegraff44]

So a couple things to keep in mind here

If you don't understand the the piezoelectric effeviuct read up because it is king here.

Obviously pads are calibrated to harvest maxium voltage from super presure and small movement ie passing car not a lot of height movment but a ton of pressure per square inch.

Lastly you could use the same laws in the piezoelectric effect in quartz based pads on the bottom of a vehicle moving between the earths magnetic fields Leedskalnin IS MY GOD GOD ISNt Real

[ahz123]

The question is, what's the payback time? It looks like it was very expensive to install.

[PerfectDecalibration]

@pliskin619 what law of physics do you see getting violated?

[PerfectDecalibration]

Great jobb.. keep on testing and we are probably on the verge of a new application to reality.