• Question: what is the most interesting way to make power?

    Asked by amybyrne to Aggelos on 13 Nov 2012.
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      Aggelos Zacharopoulos answered on 13 Nov 2012:

      @amybyrne
      there are loads of ways to make power! Even when we walk we can use piezoelectric devices which generate electricity from the pressure that our feet apply on the ground. Think about the potential there!!! You can even have devices like that installed on roads and generating electricity from cars and buses as their tyres roll on the road surface! The question however is how efficient these devices would be and at the moment they are not efficient at all.

      Myself I think using the sunlight to generate electricity from solar panels is one of the best ways because the solar panels are very thin and light, do not pollute the environment, do not make any noise, they dont need any maintenance, they have no moving parts, can easily be fitted to a building roof or wall and produce electricity with good efficiency even when it is cloudy !

      What do you think?

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