Raindrops - The Latest Idea To Generate Power
By Nick January 28, 2008
Researchers of the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in Grenoble, France, have developed a new way to create energy. According to Jean-Jacques Chaillout and his fellow researchers, piezoelectric materials generate amounts of power when are hit by raindrops.
The piezoelectric materials generate voltage as a response to mechanical power and the falling rain seems to be a perfect source of power. The amount of power generated depends on the size of the raindrops and the rain could be a substitute and a complement of solar panels which aren’t working at night.
These might be a revolutionary idea, but Stephen Roberts of Perpetuum, a company in Southampton, UK says that rain-based piezoelectric materials produces power only at intervals which could exhaust rapidly.
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[...] In a world desperate to find new ways of producing energy, Jean-Jacques Chaillout of the Atomic Energy Commission in Grenoble, France, found a new way to produce it. According to his tests, piezoelectric materials are perfect in generating power when the raindrops hit them. The amount of energy created depends on how big are the raindrops, because different size drops cause the piezoelectric materials to vibrate in different ways. We think this is a great idea and we encourage these attempts to create energy.Via EcoFuss [...]