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engadget.com - 6/16/2009

Supermarket generates piezoelectric power in parking lot

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Remember that piezoelectric road prototype we saw late last year? Looks like someone (besides us) thought it was a good idea. According to The Daily Mail , a Sainsbury's supermarket in Gloucester, UK (you've never been there), has installed kinetic plates in the parking lot that use the ...

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greenlaunches.com - 6/15/2009

Vehicles run over road plates to power Sainsbury’s supermarket

— greenlaunches.com — shoppers_car.jpg Now when you shop, your can be responsible to power the supermarket tills. As in with... the weight of your vehicles that run over the road plates the counter tills can be given power. How? Well, at the Sainsbury's store in Gloucester, ... (more) Vehicles run over road plates to power Sainsbury’s ...

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KickingTires — ... in a theme park, the system could even power roller coasters. After all, more cars means more kinetic plates means more power generation. The Gloucester supermarket’s system supposedly generates enough power to run the store’s checkout aisles — up to 30kw of energy per hour. The store is also looking at harvesting rainwater and heating it with solar panels during the summer. Vehicles Run Over Road Plates to Power Sainsbury’s Supermarket (GreenLaunches via Engadget) ...