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Sainsbury's, Gloucester, UK
Sainsbury’s market of England has installed ‘kinetic energy’ plates in the parking lot of it’s store in Gloucester. The plates are an experiment with a newer energy producing technology. The plates create as much as 30kWh 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.
If the tests are successful, Sainsbury’s hopes to install these plates, and other green energy technologies in all its stores. The kinetic plates are supposed to pay for themselves in under two years, which is a lot better than many other alternative energy sources.
The kinetic plates are only one of many green energy projects that Sainsbury’s hopes to incorporate in its stores. The Gloucester market also has a rainwater collector that is used to flush toilets, and solar panels used to heat water. A spokeswoman for the market said that 100% of the hot water will be created by the thermal panels in the summer.
Imagine, kinetic energy plates being installed on all indoor surfaces and using power from our walking to light and refrigerate. Kinetic plates have also been looked at for sidewalk streets in busy parts of the country.
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