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English Market Produces Energy With Kinetic Plates

Posted by samzenpus on from the parking-power dept.

Johnathan Martinez writes "Sainsbury's market in England has installed 'kinetic energy' plates in the parking lot of its store in Gloucester. The plates are an experiment with a newer energy producing technology. The plates create as much as 30 kWh of energy as cars drive over them. The weight of the cars puts pressure on the plates creating kinetic energy to run a generator. The current is used to power the store and will lower the energy consumption of the market."

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  1. Re:useful energy is not free by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    E(kinetic)=(mv^2)/2

  2. Re:useful energy is not free by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Ah you funny people with your metric system. Need I remind you that Slashdot is a US centered website and obviously has many flaws that are unique to the US ;)