Area

Energy

Generation, storage and distribution — free mechanisms to lower cost and widen access.

Four starting blocks

Concept sheetsEnergy

PB-EN-001

Piezoelectric walkway conversion

Plates that convert pedestrians' weight into low-power electricity, applicable to local lighting in high-traffic spaces.

Public
Domain
PB-EN-002

Low-cost vertical wind turbine

An old vertical-axis design, simpler to manufacture locally than the horizontal-axis models that dominate today.

Public
Domain
PB-EN-003

Simple concentration solar cell

Low-cost flat mirrors that concentrate light onto a smaller panel, reducing the area of photovoltaic cell required.

Public
Domain
PB-EN-004

Molten-salt thermal storage

A method for accumulating solar heat in molten salt to release energy after sunset, without relying on chemical batteries.

Public
Domain
All the sheets above can be combined with generative AI for additional variations, and cross-referenced with sheets from other areas — see examples in the Portfolio.