In view of dwindling natural resources of the planet and growing needs for vehicles, many car manufacturers have started paying attention to the production of electric vehicles as they are a environmentally friendly and sustainable option in the automobile section. The consumers have also welcomed the advent of these cars and there is a long queue of people who will be buying EVs soon. Somehow, one demotivating aspect of buying an EV is that there are not enough charging stations and there is a huge gap in demand and supply. In order to lessen this gap, Urban Green Energy and GE recently announced the introduction of an EV charging station, Sanya Skypump. The most striking feature of this charging station is that it uses renewable energy sources for charging vehicles. The charging station is a result of marriage between the respective technologies – WattStation™ by GE and Sanya hybrid wind/solar streetlamp by UGE.
Another interesting feature about this charging station is that this can easily fit along the roads as well as in parking lots and hence doesn’t need any special space or infrastructure. The charging station derives energy from both sun and wind. The device uses UGE-4K wind turbine and solar panels for generating enough energy required by a charging station.
UGE will be introducing the first lot of Sanya Skypump from fall of this year in New York city, Beijing and Barcelona. Later, in 2012 the company plans to spread its installation across the globe. The Skypump is basically designed for commercial users while for residential users another product, a heady mix of UGE-4K wind turbine and the GE’s wall mounted WattStation™ has been launched. The idea behind Sanya Skypump is to provide uninterrupted power supply to municipalities and other commercial users when they are disconnected from the grid due to a host of factors.
Via: PRWeb
