In fact in 2015 the green tech company installed a kinetic walkway in johannesburg s sandton city that collected energy to provide deprived local communities with lighting heating and basic everyday amenities.
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New york based engoplanet partnered with the city of las vegas to install the world s first smart streetlights that are powered by the kinetic energy of people s footsteps.
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A company called pavegen has been producing floor tiles that can generate renewable energy since 2009.
However engoplanet is the first to connect their kinetic tiles to their own streetlights.
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Walkways are fitted with special tiles or pads that sit atop a mechanical component.
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The electricity generated from people stepping on the tiles is then stored in batteries for use at night.
If the vegas trial goes well the company plans a large scale installation perhaps on the vegas strip or.
Each time a person steps it triggers a mechanism that produces electricity.
The company is currently testing out floor tiles along the sidewalk in which it will be powered by kinetic energy when people step on it.
Each footstep can according to engoplanet generate between four and eight watts of energy.
According to engoplanet s own estimates the world spends more than usd 40 billion each year in energy costs for the more than 300 million traditional streetlights that result in more than 100 million tons of carbon.
Over in las vegas company engoplanet is trialing out a slightly different approach instead of solar energy they plan on rely on kinetic energy which will be supplied by the public.