Supermarket uses power-generating parking lot |
England is a very innovative country. They’ve created such things as Policemen in tall hats, Palace guards that don’t flinch, Time-traveling Police boxes and now they are powering their supermarkets with their own parking lot.
At least one supermarket in England is setting up a high-tech parking lot that will generate energy simply from cars driving back and forth on it. The energy created will power things like cash registers and lights inside the store. It may even “power your savings”… At least, that’s how I would pitch it to customers.
The system will work using a series of plates that, when driven over, will create a rocking motion underground which turns generators. As more cars drive over it, more energy is created. About 30kw of energy an hour. It’s a smart idea. Hopefully it will catch on elsewhere. Every parking lot could be powering it’s store.
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the energy to power this comes from extra load on the car driving over the bumps - a total waste of thought
energy is not free. its coming from the cars, which will expend slightly more gas to get over the bumps. cheaper for the store, but costs you more. plus wear and tear on your car…nice try…
the store take up so much space, a better solution would be solar panels on the roof. they also dont need 50ft high ceilings. dropping them down would reduce heating and cooling costs. stores also have a TON of lights. switch to LEDs.