On Monday a new innovative crowd-funded and wind-powered bus stop was unveiled by the Harpan concert hall. The bus stop is the brainchild of a team of young entrepreneurs behind the startup company IceWind, who wanted to use it to showcase and try out small wind-turbines they had designed.
The bus stop, which is called a “storm stop”, is outfitted with two small wind turbines on top of its roof. These turbines are prototypes for wind turbines designed by the company, which are intended to provide produce relatively small amounts of electricity for things like communication masts summer cottages.
Read more: Iceland’s howling winds to be harnessed so you can charge your mobile devises at the bus stop
The local news site visir.is reports that the turbines on the bus stop produce electricity to power lighting and heating at the stop, as well as to power for the provision of wireless internet in the bus stop and even for outlets where travellers can charge their mobile devices.
“The bus stop is unique, globally” an announcement by the company reads, “The storm-stop can fully meet its own power needs while at the same time charging its batteries, which hold a large enough charge to run the bus stop for up to 48 hours without any wind.” And as anyone who has visited Iceland knows it is virtually inconceivable to have 48 consecutive hours without any wind.
The company plans to introduce wind turbines designed for summer cottages for sale by this spring.
On Monday a new innovative crowd-funded and wind-powered bus stop was unveiled by the Harpan concert hall. The bus stop is the brainchild of a team of young entrepreneurs behind the startup company IceWind, who wanted to use it to showcase and try out small wind-turbines they had designed.
The bus stop, which is called a “storm stop”, is outfitted with two small wind turbines on top of its roof. These turbines are prototypes for wind turbines designed by the company, which are intended to provide produce relatively small amounts of electricity for things like communication masts summer cottages.
Read more: Iceland’s howling winds to be harnessed so you can charge your mobile devises at the bus stop
The local news site visir.is reports that the turbines on the bus stop produce electricity to power lighting and heating at the stop, as well as to power for the provision of wireless internet in the bus stop and even for outlets where travellers can charge their mobile devices.
“The bus stop is unique, globally” an announcement by the company reads, “The storm-stop can fully meet its own power needs while at the same time charging its batteries, which hold a large enough charge to run the bus stop for up to 48 hours without any wind.” And as anyone who has visited Iceland knows it is virtually inconceivable to have 48 consecutive hours without any wind.
The company plans to introduce wind turbines designed for summer cottages for sale by this spring.
