Could Passing Cars Power Wind Turbine Highway Lights

By John Voelcker 0 5,514 views Feb 12, 2010 Follow John Add to circle Reddit This! Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Wind-Turbine Powered Highway Lights, concept by TAK Studio Enlarge Photo And now, for today's great green concept, we present: Overhead highway lights powered by wind turbines, which are spun by the air turbulence generated as cars and trucks whiz past at speed. Like many such concepts, this one's conceptually brilliant: Use all that wasted wind to do useful work, in this case generating electricity to power highway lights (and presumably feed back into the grid during daylight hours). Wind-Turbine Powered Highway Lights, concept by TAK Studio Enlarge Photo Wind-Turbine Powered Highway Lights, concept by TAK Studio Enlarge Photo The idea, from TAK Studio, is one of 18 finalists in a design competition that's part of the Greener Gadgets Conference, to be he...

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