Dragon Power Station

May 1, 2008

Dragon Power Station
Photo: Coolgadgetconcept.com

So by now we would have all heard of Wind, Solar, Hydro, Geothermal and Wave Energy. All of these are good reliable proven sources of renewable green energy.

Well there is a relatively new system called the Dragon Power Station that has been developed by entrepreneur Terry Kenny. The principle of his design is a set of plates that are installed into the road, when trucks or cars pass over these plates they compress hydraulic fluid in tanks under the road, this in turn creates a pumping action, which is then used to turn a generator and produce electricity.

Terry has installed his Dragon Power Station at the Port of Oakland where there are around 2500 trucks driving over his plates each day. He expects for this prototype to produce between 5000 to 7000 kilowatt-hours each day, enough to power 1750 homes.

Good thing about this design is that given the trucks or cars driving over the plates would already be doing so, there appears that there would be very little net carbon emissions with this system, maybe a small amount in the production of the hydraulic fluid being used.

“The “Dragon” is already set to be installed in some other prime locations and Kenney foresees a profitable deal out of these devices.”

Website: Dragon Power Station via Dragon Power Station



Written by Craig · Filed Under Energy, Technology, Transport 

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