Anand Mahindra, the chairman of Mahindra Group, has shared an ingenious idea that can generate electricity from traffic.
The billionaire, who frequently promotes innovative solutions to problems of climate change and global warming, tweeted a clip that shows how small turbines embedded in the middle of a road can produce electricity by turning the wind generated by moving traffic into energy.
The portable turbines, named Enlil, are also capable of measuring the CO2 levels in the air and generating 1 KW power per hour. This product is currently being tested in Turkey.
While sharing the video, Anand Mahindra tweeted Wednesday, “Developed by Istanbul Technical University. Ingenious. Uses the wind generated by passing traffic. Given India’s traffic, we could become a global force in wind energy! Can we explore using them on our highways @nitin_gadkari ji?”
Developed by Istanbul Technical University. Ingenious. Uses the wind generated by passing traffic. Given India’s traffic, we could become a global force in wind energy! 😊 Can we explore using them on our highways @nitin_gadkari ji? https://t.co/eEKOhvRpDo
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) April 6, 2022
So far the video, made by a Twitter page named UNILAD Tech, has been viewed by 1.4 million people. Commenting on the video, many people seemed thrilled at the possibility of implementing this idea on Indian roads, but many people pointed out how executing this in India can be a hassle.
Replying to the tweet, some Twitter users also highlighted that similar vertical turbines have been invented by Indian innovators as well.
this is already there some Indian student did this but dont know why its not adopted yet maybe we are waiting for the west to adopt it first🥲. here is yt linkhttps://t.co/JIqGVF8jQA
— Vishal (@halkasamosa) April 6, 2022
Very nice…👌
Hope it’s commercial viable and installed soon. 👍— DHEERAJ SHARMA (@ds2708) April 6, 2022
Given Indian traffic, which moves at a snail pace, can only make this investment a waste.
— Sriram Sridhar 🇮🇳 (@Srirams_sridhar) April 7, 2022
it is worth exploring! https://t.co/grOkTU2J0K
— sahil (@ssaini_24) April 7, 2022
Sir, My team did this project in 3rd year (2015-16) of college at preliminary level and submitted to University pic.twitter.com/kKU0776m2j
— Dhaval Patel (@dhaval2110) April 6, 2022
IT WILL BE VERY USEFUL TO US.
LET’S USE OUR TRAFFIC FOR ENERGY GENERATION. https://t.co/BT38SdzCzj— ANMOL (@ARS_futuristic5) April 7, 2022
This type of stuff looks good on paper, but is utterly useless and absolutely unreliable in reality.https://t.co/HnbJnmFpDK
— GlücklicherMind 🦇 (@GlucklicherMind) April 7, 2022
Sir We are working on this in Pune , Need support ! 👇🙏 pic.twitter.com/CszHYMkbNQ
— भारत धीमते🇮🇳 (@BhaaratDhimate) April 7, 2022
Sir these can work on Outer ring roads and highways which have free flow of traffic without any choke points that’s a feasibility study needs to be done … can’t work on city roads sorry
— Parvesh kumar 🇮🇳 (@parveshrtl) April 6, 2022
In India, most of the electricity is still generated via conventional means such as coal and thermal power plants. However, these means of electricity generation are not environmentally sustainable. With the rise in global warming, experts suggest that countries should adopt more and more renewable methods of energy production.
