Step On!

This is one of those ‘why has no-one ever thought of this before’ moments! The pavegen system harvests kinetic energy from footfall and stores electrical energy in a battery for low-power use. I think its genius and love the concept, imagine the amount of energy that could be harvested from the 200 million annual visitors to Oxford Street alone.  

 

Visit the pavegen site at www.pavegensystems.com  and take a look at the article in the Observer at http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/may/16/laurence-kemball-cooks-ethical-pavegen