Piezoelectricity - Green Energy - Need of The Hour.

I would like to talk about the “piezoelectric effect” which can be used to produce electricirty from the mechanical pressure. Piezoelectricity is the electric charge that accumulates in certain solid materials (such as crystals, certain ceramics, and biological matter such as bone, DNA and various proteins) in response to applied mechanical stress. The word piezoelectricity means electricity resulting from pressure.

Research has proven that piezoelectricity can be used in roads and floors to generate energy.  In fact, there are several cities around the world that now have piezoelectric streets and floors.   In 2008, a piezoelectric floor was installed in the Tokyo railroad station.  As passengers walk on the station’s floor, kinetic energy is generated.  This energy is then used to power the ticket gates and station signage.  Toulouse, France has also experimented with piezoelectricity.  Instead of using the technology in flooring, the French installed the piezoelectric sensors in sidewalks.  The stored energy for above passersby is then used to power street lamps.

Piezoelectric is the electricity which can be used in Railway stations, Metro stations, Bus stops, Malls and more public places were people gather and walk around, so that more mechanical pressure is applied. It can be installed in all these places, so that electricity can be produced. Certainly with the use of piezoelectric effect we can save lot of energy, in our country as already there is a scarcity of electricity. As we all know that we have great number of people who commute daily, so large population can work in our favour. Already solar energy and other types of energy are making good contribution to the society, similarly piezoelectric effect can be used at least in some major places to contribute to the energy system of our country, as use of coal to produce the electricity can be reduced.

I request to all the Energy companies to start using this process at smaller level so that we enlarge our area and produce maximum electricity.

Please let me know if any more information is required.

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