Wind turbines activated from passing vehicles will generate enough electricity to run all the street lights for a Shropshire town, in a UK first.
The vertical turbines, invented by a British company Alpha 311 say they can harness even a moderate breeze generated by a car driving at 50mph, as well as by natural wind, and catch airflow moving in either direction.
They will be installed on 181 street lights on the A442 after a deal between Telford and Wrekin Council and the firm which hopes the turbines could become as common as cat’s eyes on the roads.
