Ricoh is building an nature powered billboard, scheduled to go up in Times Square this December. A first for New York, this solar and wind powered giant ad is only the third in the world. The other two are Pacific Gas & Electric’s in San Francisco and Ricoh’s original eco billboard in Tokyo. The ad’s lighting will be powered by 45 solar panels and 4 wind turbines. Strangely the system lacks any kind of back up power source. If there’s a cloudy day with no wind, the ad will not be illuminated.
[via Live Science]
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In South Africa we have billboards from Nedbank that power school kitchens!!! ( I think our solar-powered billboards were a world first.?.) A far better cry than powering themselves…
They won the Cannes Grand Prix Award when they were created…
July 4th, 2008 at 2:24 am
I was going to say the same thing. We have a Nedbank-sponsored solar-powered billboard(s?) in South Africa. Just no wind-powered ones yet, AFAIK.
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/solar-empowerment-nedbank-billboard
http://www.cherryflava.com/cherryflava/2007/06/nedbank-billboa.html
July 4th, 2008 at 1:41 pm