Revolving doors to generate electricity

Flag of Zeist, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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A restaurant at a busy train station in the town of Zeist has installed a generator in their revolving doors to capture the energy their customers produce by coming and going. Weird and wonderful. And incredibly obvious; kind of like stationary bicycles in gyms being hooked up to the grid.

Holland Puts a New Spin on Old Technology to Combat Climate Change : EcoWorldly.

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