GEN Solution Library/Living plants create electricity

About the challenge

Realizing green, clean power. Promising new technology derives substantial amounts of electricity from living plants.

Description

Dutch company powers streetlights with living plants. In Hembrug, Netherlands more than 300 LED lights were illuminated by the Dutch company Plant-e in a new energy project called “Starry Sky.” Although the bulbs were ordinary, the electricity running through them derived from a new process that harnesses the power of living plants. Plant-e’s technology is the first to produce electricity from plants without damaging them.

Areas of impact

  • Ecology
    • Renewable Energy & Transport

See also

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Authors Ernesto Sun
License CC-BY-SA-4.0
Organizations Global Ecovillages NetworkGEN Europe
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