Help us win a grant to build this Solar PowerBike for the Flatbush community!
WE NEED YOU to visit the website, rate our proposal, and leave a comment! Your ratings and comments give us a better chance of being selected as one of the 10 finalists.
Here’s what we will build if we win:
Sustainable Flatbush off-grid solar PowerBike!
Mobile, clean power
- * Anybody can charge their laptops, phones or mp3 players at Sustainable Flatbush events
- * The system cranks out enough power to run a small sound system and lights for outdoor programming
- * Local businesses “host” the PowerBike, attracting customers and highlighting their sustainable business practices
- * Our community garden has clean electricity where there is no access to the electrical grid
- * Of course, the PowerBike provides backup power in emergency situations
Turn the crank to point it toward the sun!
An education station makes the PowerBike ideal for teaching school kids about energy and the environment. Through appealing readouts and data-collection software, students monitor system performance like power output and avoided greenhouse gas emissions.
Why:
The residents of Flatbush, Brooklyn are showing what we can do on the neighborhood level to reduce our carbon footprint, fight global warming, and foster community at the same time.
This project is a long-term investment in local renewable energy for our community. Day after day, year after year, the neighborhood PowerBike keeps harnessing clean power, keeps teaching the skills that are the foundation of our new green economy, and keeps modeling a way of life that does not jeopardize future generations.

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This solar bike design looks fantastic.Why don’t you use a 180watts mono solar panel?
It looks really cool. I wish solar powered technology on a small scale were more common. I live in New York City and have never seen a solar panel here.
We definitely do have solar panels in New York City (someone should map them all)! The largest installation I know of is on the roof of the Stillwell Avenue/Coney Island subway station. Anyone want to name some others?
40 KW in Crown Heights, Brooklyn:
http://sustainableflatbush.org.s107207.gridserver.com/2009/05/28/solar-net-metering-in-brooklyn/
it look cool.
how about the battery bank design?how much time it could be last work?