Las Vegas Sun

April 25, 2024

Rush-hour traffic moves along the Hollywood Freeway in Los Angeles on Sept. 9, 2016. California's traffic-locked roads are being considered for their potential to serve a new purpose as clear power producers. After several years studying the technology, the California Energy Commission is soliciting companies and universities to create small-scale field tests to investigate whether the waste energy created by vehicles, and passed onto roads when driving, could be captured and turned into electricity.

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Rush-hour traffic moves along the Hollywood Freeway in Los Angeles on Sept. 9, 2016. California's traffic-locked roads are being considered for their potential to serve a new purpose as clear power producers. After several years studying the technology, the California Energy Commission is soliciting companies and universities to create small-scale field tests to investigate whether the waste energy created by vehicles, and passed onto roads when driving, could be captured and turned into electricity.