Direct current electrical generation from fluctuations in tropospheric electrical fields

摘要

The DC generation uses atmospheric electrical fields which exist in the troposphere, dependant upon weather conditions. They may be captured and stored by capacitors comprising a stack of plastic sheets with thin metallic coatings on each side. Plastic sheets of 1 mm thickness, metallised with 1/1000 mm silver on one side and copper on the other side, are stacked to form a metre cube block. They can generate up to 185 kW per hour.