Street Lamp Concept Uses Solar and Wind

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Think you’re doing good for the environment by shutting the lights off when you leave a room? You are, but it’s all being undone by high-powered street lamps that light up neighborhoods at all hours of the evening. Urban Green Energy has designed a street lamp that operates on wind and solar, and they look more stylish than the average metal pole. In ideal conditions, the lights generate 380 W of power, extra energy is stored in a battery for all those dead-still summer nights. The company is reportedly in talks with a city in China — which one isn’t disclosed — so this idea could become reality sooner than you think. [via Inhabitat]

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