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Israeli scientists turn rush-hour traffic into electricity
By Avi Bar-El, TheMarker
Tags: Environment, Technion 

An Israeli company has developed a method of generating electricity from road traffic, and Israeli may look to implement the system on the nation's highways.

The system works by using generators implanted in the asphalt that create energy when cars drive over them. Each generator produces 2,000 watts per hour, which is stored in batteries along the side of the road.

The technology was developed by the Israeli firm Innowattech, with the cooperation of the Technion University.
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A trial of the system was performed on Tuesday morning, along a 10 meter stretch of asphalt on Highway 4. The experiment was viewed as a success, with passing cars providing the power for street lights set up next to the 10 meter strip.

The manager of the project, Dr. Lucy Edri-Azoulay, said that the generators on Highway 4 were planted 2 inches below the top level of asphalt, and use the weight of cars driving on top of them to generate electricity.

Edri-Azoulay explained that the technology driving the system is based on Piezoelectric materials, which generate electricity in response to applied mechanical stress.

Edri-Azoulay stated that installing the program on a single traffic lane stretching one kilometer would produce 200 kilowatts of electricity hour and a four lane highway with the system implemented would produce a megowatt of electricity, enough to power 2,500 households.

Edri-Azoulay also stated that the system could be used to power electrical installations along the road, providing power for traffic lights, cameras, and streetlights to name a few.

The system would not be dependant on weather and does not require the construction of large-scale infrastructure
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  1.   A kind of breakthrough 18:42  |  Axel 06/10/09
  2.   Cute, what is the cost? 18:43  |  Mark Lincoln 06/10/09
  3.   energy/// 18:51  |  zeboss 06/10/09
  4.   Re to # 1 Axel 20:08  |  Michael Dar 06/10/09
  5.   Axel (#1) Again you are unsatisfied 20:09  |  Gil 06/10/09
  6.   Lincoln and costs 20:28  |  A TRUE American 06/10/09
  7.   Who is paying? 20:28  |  Mike 06/10/09
  8.   Can`t wait 20:32  |  Israeli 06/10/09
  9.   Axel appears to be imploding 20:59  |  A TRUE American 06/10/09
  10.   DON`T TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY 21:10  |  Ian 06/10/09
  11.   # 8 israeli 21:15  |  Axel 06/10/09
  12.   American from Charlotte 21:23  |  Axel 06/10/09
  13.   Axel- you are an angry bigot 21:26  |  David G 06/10/09
  14.   #6 and costs 21:31  |  David G 06/10/09
  15.   Axel 21:38  |  Yasha 06/10/09
  16.   Enjoy the website 21:51  |  istanbuli 06/10/09
  17.   To Axel 21:53  |  zeboss 06/10/09
  18.   so u fink wi r stoopid? 22:00  |  brian 06/10/09
  19.   # 14 yasha 22:02  |  Axel 06/10/09
  20.   hey reaction-force guys... 22:07  |  Krzysztof 06/10/09
  21.   # 4 michael 22:15  |  Axel 06/10/09
  22.   save on having to coal/oil generate it 22:16  |  George 06/10/09
  23.   re zeboss 22:21  |  Axel 06/10/09
  24.   re to # 21 Axel 23:22  |  Michael Dar 06/10/09
  25.   axel seeks out info...so here! 23:39  |  A TRUE American 06/10/09
  26.   Axel- patents on inventions 00:40  |  Arnold 07/10/09
  27.   The ashphalt and electricity 01:08  |  Avrum Rosensweig 07/10/09
  28.   George # 22- finally 01:12  |  Arnold 07/10/09
  29.   Brilliant - now run electric cars on the electricity ... 02:01  |  AB 07/10/09
  30.   USA did it first 03:00  |  Peter 07/10/09
  31.   Axel 03:14  |  In love 07/10/09
  32.   Duh.Palestinians are better.It takes one brainwashed martyr 04:30  |  Kraut 07/10/09
  33.   BRILLIANT JUST BRILLIANT! 04:36  |  Paul 07/10/09
  34.   poor Axel 04:46  |  Mongo 07/10/09
  35.   Axel 04:55  |  Aziz 07/10/09
  36.   Hey Axel, spewing your hate on Haaretz -another Jewish achievment 05:02  |  Dan 07/10/09
  37.   Axel, momy will wipe your froth with baby wipes 05:08  |  Israeli 07/10/09
  38.   The cars will burn more gasoline 08:18  |  Rolland 07/10/09
  39.   Mark.Lincoln the first model anything costs a fortune 08:29  |  PETER SM 07/10/09
  40.   # 24 ab 09:37  |  Axel 07/10/09
  41.   SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ILLITERACY 11:08  |  Ian 07/10/09
  42.   To all scientific ignoramuses 11:34  |  Scientist 07/10/09
  43.   #42 HAZY THINKING 12:23  |  Ian 07/10/09
  44.   # 12 american 12:23  |  Axel 07/10/09
  45.   Wait and See? 12:34  |  FOX 07/10/09
  46.   # 26 arnold 12:38  |  Axel 07/10/09
  47.   To Axel 12:50  |  Ishai 07/10/09
  48.   Genius! Another Israeli piece of brilliance. 13:49  |  Petra 07/10/09
  49.   AB wait they probably will. 13:53  |  Petra 07/10/09
  50.   piezoelectrics 15:31  |  JimUSA 07/10/09
  51.   Axel and others. 15:48  |  zmogus 07/10/09
  52.   Sorry, no free lunches 15:59  |  party pooper 07/10/09
  53.   Basic phyiscs 16:02  |  a physics guy 07/10/09
  54.   Uh, Charlotte, Windows is nothing to be proud of 16:42  |  Raymond in DC 07/10/09
  55.   Ignorance is Bliss..this is shameful nonsense 16:57  |  igco 07/10/09
  56.   Cool your room? ! 17:14  |  igco 07/10/09
  57.   Axel and others. 18:20  |  zmogus 07/10/09
  58.   To a physics guy #53 19:26  |  Krzysztof 07/10/09
  59.   # 54 raymond 19:49  |  Axel 07/10/09
  60.   Another example of Israeli oppression! 05:55  |  MichaelF 08/10/09
  61.   Re #10 00:10  |  Avi from the North 11/10/09
  62.   Ian`s scientific illiteracy 18:36  |  bbl 29/10/09
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