New Spanish streetlight powered by the sun and the wind

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With <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150122060527/http://www.gizmag.com/motion-sensing-streetlight-system/19199/" target="_blank">a few exceptions</a>, however, that's what cities do with their streetlights. That's why some groups have developed streetlights with <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150122060527/http://www.gizmag.com/spirit-solar-powered-lighting-column/29387/" target="_blank">built-in solar panels</a>. A Spanish team is now taking things a step farther, with a stand-alone streetlight that runs off of both solar and wind power.</p> <ul id="gallery_images"> <li><a href="/web/20150122060527/http://www.gizmag.com/eolgreen-solar-wind-streetlights/35689/pictures#1" class="image"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150122060527im_/http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_tn/eolgreen-solar-wind-streetlights-0.jpg" title="One of the streetlights being manufactured at Eolgreen (Photo: Eolgreen) " alt="One of the streetlights being manufactured at Eolgreen (Photo: Eolgreen) "/></a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150122060527/http://www.gizmag.com/eolgreen-solar-wind-streetlights/35689/pictures#2" class="image"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150122060527im_/http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_tn/eolgreen-solar-wind-streetlights-1.jpg" title="The streetlight's composite-bladed turbine starts generating electricity at a minimum wind..." alt="The streetlight's composite-bladed turbine starts generating electricity at a minimum wind..."/></a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150122060527/http://www.gizmag.com/eolgreen-solar-wind-streetlights/35689/pictures#3" class="image"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150122060527im_/http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_tn/eolgreen-solar-wind-streetlights-3.jpg" title="The current prototype stands 10 meters (32.8 ft) tall, and – along with an LED lighting ar..." alt="The current prototype stands 10 meters (32.8 ft) tall, and – along with an LED lighting ar..."/></a></li> </ul> <div class="clear_both"></div> <p>The light is being developed through a collaboration between the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and Spanish startup Eolgreen.</p> <p>The current prototype stands 10 meters (32.8 ft) tall, and – along with an LED lighting array – features photovoltaic panels, a wind turbine, a battery pack, and an electronic control system that manages the flow of energy between those components.</p> <p>Its composite-bladed turbine starts generating electricity at a minimum wind speed of 1.7 meters (5.6 ft) per second, moving at 10 to 200 revolutions per minute and producing a maximum output of 400 watts. A planned second-generation turbine will only need to turn at 10 to 60 rpm, producing 100 watts as it does so.</p> <div class="article_img"><a href="/web/20150122060527/http://www.gizmag.com/eolgreen-solar-wind-streetlights/35689/pictures#3" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150122060527im_/http://images.gizmag.com/inline/eolgreen-solar-wind-streetlights-1.jpg" width="" alt="The streetlight's composite-bladed turbine starts generating electricity at a minimum wind..."/></a></div> <p>The commercial version of the streetlight should feature two 100-watt polycrystalline solar panels, an array of Philips LEDs that put out either 3,500 or 4,000 lumens (depending on the streetlight model), and a lithium iron phosphate battery pack that can store enough power to run the lights for up to 3.5 nights per charge – an optional higher-capacity battery could reportedly manage 6.5 nights.</p> <p>While the streetlights can run off-grid, groups of up to 99 of them are also able to send status updates via UHF to a central station, once every 30 minutes. This will allow administrators to know of any technical problems, so that they can be repaired.</p> <p>Eolgreen has reportedly signed agreements with several Spanish municipalities, and plans to produce 700 of the lights this year. Spain’s University of Seville is also working on a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150122060527/http://www.gizmag.com/holonic-streetlamp-solar-wind-power/22922/" target="_blank">solar/wind-powered streetlight</a>, while New York-based Urban Green Energy <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150122060527/http://www.gizmag.com/solar-wind-hybrid-steert-lighting/12296/" target="_blank">already manufacturers one</a>.</p> <p>Sources: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150122060527/http://www.upc.edu/saladepremsa/al-dia/mes-noticies/the-upc-and-eolgreen-design-the-first-public-lighting-system-that-runs-on-solar-and-wind-energy" target="_blank">Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150122060527/http://www.eolgreen.com/index.html" target="_blank">Eolgreen</a></p>  <span class="title share_bar">Share</span> <div id="article_share_bar" class="dotsontop share_bar"> <div class="as_button fb_as_button"><div class="fb-like" data-href="http://www.gizmag.com/eolgreen-solar-wind-streetlights/35689/" data-send="false" data-layout="box_count" data-show-faces="false" data-share="true"></div><script type="text/javascript">_ga.trackFacebook();</script></div> <div class="as_button"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150122060527/http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="gizmag">Tweet</a></div> <div class="as_button"><div class="g-plusone" data-size="tall" data-href="http://www.gizmag.com/eolgreen-solar-wind-streetlights/35689/"></div></div> <div class="as_button stumble_as_button"><iframe style="overflow: hidden; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150122060527if_/http://badge.stumbleupon.com/badge/embed/5/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gizmag.com%2Feolgreen-solar-wind-streetlights%2F35689%2F" width="50" height="60" id="iframe-stmblpn-widget-2"></iframe></div> <div class="as_button"><div class="pin-it-button" data-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20150122060527oe_/http://www.gizmag.com/eolgreen-solar-wind-streetlights/35689/" data-image="http://images.gizmag.com/hero/eolgreen-solar-wind-streetlights.jpg" data-description="If you're trying to save power, you generally don't leave your lights on all night. 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He lives in Edmonton, Alberta, where he spends a lot of time going over the handlebars of his mountain bike, hanging out in off-leash parks, and wishing the Pacific Ocean wasn't so far away.   <a href="/web/20150122060527/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">All articles by Ben Coxworth</a> <span id="author_byline_links">    <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150122060527/http://twitter.com/bencoxworth" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false" data-size="large">Follow @bencoxworth</a> </span> <br class="clear_both"> </div>  <div id="tags"> <span class="title">Tags</span> <div class="dotsontop"> <ul> <li>» <a href="/web/20150122060527/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/energy-saving/" rel="tag">Energy-saving</a></li> <li>» <a href="/web/20150122060527/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/environmentally-friendly/" rel="tag">Environmentally-friendly</a></li> <li>» <a href="/web/20150122060527/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/lights/" rel="tag">lights</a></li> <li>» <a href="/web/20150122060527/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/photovoltaic/" rel="tag">Photovoltaic</a></li> <li>» <a href="/web/20150122060527/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/solar-powered/" rel="tag">Solar Powered</a></li> <li>» <a href="/web/20150122060527/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/universitat-politecnica-de-catalunya/" rel="tag">Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya</a></li> <li>» <a href="/web/20150122060527/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/wind-powered/" rel="tag">Wind-powered</a></li> </ul> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> </div> <div id="bing_unit"></div>  <span class="title" id="comments">4 Comments</span> <div class="dotsontop"> <div id="comment-361234" class="a_comment"> <p>How much does all this cost vs. a single nuclear power station that will last decades and run 24/7 with no CO2 emissions? </p> <p></p> <p>Maybe Spain made the wrong decision investing so much in solar. </p> <p></p> <p>www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/30/new-europe-spain-solar-power </p> <span class="name">Freyr Gunnar</span><br> <span class="date"> 20th January, 2015 @ 02:41 pm PST</span> </div> <div id="comment-361249" class="a_comment"> <p>It would be interesting after a year to see their vandalism and theft stats on these light. </p> <span class="name">S Michael</span><br> <span class="date"> 20th January, 2015 @ 03:56 pm PST</span> </div> <div id="comment-361324" class="a_comment"> <p>placed in the right location, this looks like a great idea. I would like a few for my shop, and if I was still on the farm I could use about 20 of them. </p> <span class="name">Jay Finke</span><br> <span class="date"> 21st January, 2015 @ 08:29 am PST</span> </div> <div id="comment-361402" class="a_comment"> <p>This type of hybrid street light fixture is not new. It has been on the market in China and Germany for some time now. </p> <p>My concerns with this design is Vandalism! We have seen a lot of that down here on Curacao where regular Solar Only street lights in remote areas is concerned. 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