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Éclairer nos villes: les arbres solaires

La ville de Vienne en Autriche a éclairée une rue importante à l’aide d’un dispositif appelé arbre solaire (”solar tree”) pendant un projet pilote de 4 semaines en octobre.

[Renewable] The solar trees went on display for four weeks in October on a busy street — the Ringstrasse — in Vienna, Austria.  They were able to provide enough light during the night-time even when the sun did not show for as much as four days in a row. “The solar cells on the tree were able to store enough electricity in spite of receiving no direct solar light for days at a time because of the clouds. They showed that solar trees really are a practical form of street lighting

2 janvier, 2008 Publié par lephoenix | Environnement, Société, Énergies | | Un commentaire