Urban power generation platform for use on street lampposts

摘要

A platform can be mounted on a street-lamp such that the platform can be used as the base for mounting various modular power generation or utility designs. Solar power or micro-wind turbine modules may be mounted on the platform and can utilise existing street-lamps, which may becomes a low-voltage DC network enabling the lamps within the street-lamps to be replaced by high efficiency solid state devices such as LED's. Several power generating street-lamps may be connected together in a DC island and their combined output may be passed through an inverter and connected to the national grid network. A back-feed may be provided from the grid to ensure supply when power is not being generated. Wireless internet routers/antennas, WAN, cameras or other modular devices may be mounted on the platform and any data generated modulated over the DC network and connected to the internet via a suitable gateway.