Plant-e: living plants generate electricity

Plant-e is a company that develops products that can generate electricity from living plants. Based on natural processes electrons are harvested from the soil and electricity is produced while plants keep growing! Too good to be true? See www.plant-e.com for more information

[@anonymoushippopotamus8731]

this feels like a fake commercial from a movie where technology takes over the world, and this is the first step

[@danorcherton3436]

try to be optimistic, and not scepticle. Try to see the postive in things and not be so negative

[@dorf7219]

I guess now we're going to have plant-e of power...

[@jadelygem]

While I think this is incredibly cool, and has a lot of potential, I was a little turned off by the claim in the beginning that people in areas without ready sources of electricity are denied the ability to communicate or participate in global community. After having gone through a Permaculture Design Course with Kenyans, I learned quite a bit about how modernization and what is referred to as 'development' actually can destroy the intimacy of interdependent communities, and take communities out of relationship and sustainable knowledge of their land and resources. Something to think about if ever making a video intended to be a marketing device, and something to think about when wanting to create a technology intended to be marketed globally.

[@dobysaurus]

It must be intended for the understanding of the lesser humans who only live off tv-watching and browsing social media. The message needs to reach all.

[@ElectricalExistence]

There ahpildnt be a global community, we need to stop trading so much and we need to stop mixing. Its destroying the planet.

[@heckyes]

I wish they would just open source it or explain how they do it. This could be incredible technology in the short term future.

[@hollydawnhewlett9255]

OMG...you need to connect with FARMERS!! Imagine how we could solve 2 problems in one!! Energy and FOOD!!

[@Cake-je1hu]

some ppl gonna hate this idea

[@soul3k3]

nice, i hoop this gets somewhere it woud be nice to know my power came from a flower garden :D Keep doing your research !!!!!!

[@emmanuelbiloyii5594]

hi sir, we would like to know what materials or components did you use in making this project.. how did you set up the plants and the other components to generate electricity. I am a student from Bohol Island State University, Philippines and we are conducting this kind of research.

[@rew9255]

I think a more applicable approach would utilize this methodology as part of a larger multidisciplinary combination, incorporating wind oscillating piezoelectric vanes, conventional solar, and chemical transition energy recapturing (think pH transitions). And many, many more. Utilizing many different ways to generate electricity provides more system reliabity. As an aside, electrode placement involved with this method has another benefit. Sensing real-time soil conditions...

[@ArtistOfBeing]

Yeah!! This is a great innovation. I respect you guys!!

[@tonyotag]

Have there been any studies on how the available electrons in the soil is already being used by natural soil conditions?

[@jeanlane6550]

+tonyotag The question i was looking for. ... (y)

[@m1cklife168]

Very wise. Thanks for pointing that out. I think man needs to quit messing with the Earth. Wether it be solar radiation management, chemicals in water, fracking perhaps, etc etc. All of 'this' is from us being 'held' in the dark ages. Nicolas Tesla and much of the older world had free energy- somehow. Scalar/telsa waves perhaps beautiful architecture and building(wht do we get now?), cathedrals, state buildings etc, all have the metal antenna on top,, look into tartaria, world fairs, free energy, lost technology, stuff like that. You may be close already, judging by your intelligent comment. Be well ❣️

[@PytonPagom]

Doe, have to say, 15 square meters for a cell-phone baterry charge isnt much. How much electrode and wiring material is needed for a hectar, how long theyre last in the plant water (potentional oxidizing environment) and how would you need to modify the grid-connection ?

[@PytonPagom]

PytonPagom Also, any tests of the electricity yields for various plants, especially vegetables and/or fruit trees ?

[@mattphorwich]

What do you use for anode and cathode and connect to roots?

[@daviddemers10]

Thanks for sharing. I spoke on microbial solar cells this week. One thing I was curious about, with vertical plant-mfc and sediment-mfcs, What is preventing dissolved oxygen from short-circuiting the anodic area. As I understand it, the plants extrude oxygen as well as organic matter through their roots. Is there still some kind of proton exchange membrane in place?

[@williamwaugh8670]

David Demers, their diagram at plant-e.com/technology.html does show a membrane.

[@amanytabaja7059]

David Demers iam trying to find what kind of bacteria they are using...any info would really help me :)

[@afsdsasasf]

hmmm does this mean that a plantscaped aquarium can produce electricty too?

[@stoyangechev7501]

What do you think about composting process of natural ingredients in this soil? It releases a lot of energy, biochemical processes and temperatures around 70+ C Degrees, which could speed up the process

[@Layla-dy4zu]

Interesting! That's a good experiment. I wonder if it is affordable to try this on your own?

[@vitordelima]

And the energy density of this prototype is very low, I hope this can be improved.

[@ramrudra150]

What type of electrodes is better to use.....?

[@0xcryptofamous]

This is gonna be fucking huge! I would love to invest in this startup if possible :)

[@arrontheemo7752]

can i put it on my roof and how?

[@elasr3605]

What are the material for electrode

[@rohankumarsahu933]

how you can tell this energy is generated from plant not from capacitive action of soil as the electrode and soil act as capacitor and wet soil is good dielectric

[@viditranka9269]

What he kept near the plants

[@NC-tm2yw]

I like the idea, but I wouldn't exactly call it sustainable. You would need ALOT of space for just one person's average amount of energy use.

[@weyerscow04]

I am doing an experiment on which houseplants produce electrictity the best, do you think you can tell me some plants that produce elctricty very well? Maybe some plants that can help light a light bulb?

[@ericb9931]

I had what I thought was a revelation on my way home... I guess people are way ahead of me haha

[@ericb9931]

I was at staples today with my brother and LAW and his friend when one of them picked up this little nicknack like whatever that lit up as you touch it, using your body's current ... well if I produce a current, all life should, which would include plants. "I wonder if we can harness that🤔" Nice to see I'm nowhere close to being the smart one on the planet 😆 people are light years ahead of the game than myself

[@gasmanoo]

Sounds too good to be true, I call shenanigans....

[@frankfernandes718]

How mucch watts can be generated?

[@yashsheth4299]

Can we generate electricity in a hydroponic system

[@camycondon]

excellent!

[@oudotcom]

It seems to be some kind of a mud cell battery...just 2 carbon electrodes one closer to the top of the plant and one down at the root and the water and soil is the electrolyte... I will try top experiment with this also but probably the power output is not very high, so you need lots of area to get a higher output this way... Anyway, it is a start...maybe it can be scaled up by using the right plants ??

[@vitordelima]

And other methods that increase plant metabolism, such as greenhouses.

[@fasilpachu0078]

I have done this experiment in my school days but I got only 0.5V , Which elements are used as cathode and anode. How can we increase the voltage.

[@karthikganjam296]

Do u know about the components pls tell

[@misspetmalu501]

What are the materials you used? Please tell us

[@Mrrockyblock]

I see a lot of things on soil creating electricity. Does a pot of soil with a plant in it produce more electricity? Since the plant is providing the bacteria with more “fuel” to break down!

[@varaprasad2163]

Sir, what are the materials required to do this,?

[@Anonymousg64]

based on what she said, the energy density of this is roughly 0.66Watt/square meter how the hell do you power half a households energy need with that?

[@144Donn]

A Doll House :) This conjures up many humorous solutions; Soon you'll see Tesla's driving down the road with a flower boxes box hanging on the side of the car..powering it for long drives. Or better, flower boxes with wheels and a steering wheel.

[@twinkstance]

joby dorr there is a difference between technologies with a future... and those who do not.. ( such as this ).

[@albert222oon]

Anon ymous they can double power output each persq meter by connect like earth ground energy

[@JackassBauer1]

Anon ymous I use roughly 1.21 watt... or is it 1.21 GIGAWATT!! giga-giga-gig-gi-gigawatt!!! and 88 mph :\

[@JackassBauer1]

JackassBauer1 In back to the future 4 (cause when hollywood will get out of idea, as they often do, they will produce it) Dr. Brown will come back from the future in a garden rooftop delorean.

[@zhaoyunzulong]

The energy density of this technology may be very small. Especially, we can NOT use this technology on winter.

[@808zhu]

Hallelujah!

[@144Donn]

Flower Power!

[@e.sundarrajanelumai9227]

Sir what is membrane

[@mercutiana]

is necessary so much water?

[@mudiyanyt7184]

i think this should be approved by uno and replace hydroelectric projects with rice fields

[@teriampuls9356]

Frage: Was ist denn mit der chemischen Umwandlung in der Anode und Kathode? Enstehen dabei nicht auf die Dauer giftige Abfallstoffe, die dann von der Pflanze aufgenommen werden? Als Beispiel die Apfelbatterie: Durch die Säure im Apfel wird ja die Spannung erzeugt. Dabei rostet aber das Metall von Anode und Kathode. Das kann doch nicht gut sein, wenn wir anschließend die Pflanzen ernten und essen. Wie wollt ihr das Problem lösen? Es gibt ja auch Erdbatterien, da werden Anode und Kathode einfach in die Erde gesteckt. Aber auch hier wieder das selbe Problem. Das Metall korrodiert und anschließend ist es nicht nur weg, es hat sich aufgelöst und die Rückstände sind teilweise giftig. Verwandeln wir dann nicht unsere Nahrungsmittelgrundlagen zu Schwermetall Lagerstätten?

[@sotirpetrovski8790]

hi there.i put water in a flower pot and copper and zinc screw i did get some readin of .500 volts i put some more water in the pot and the voltage started to climb to .611 voltsits a small voltage and i didnt have an led to try on it but i got some readings is that voltage ok

[@genner-vincenthodgson5177]

sotir petrovski 600 volts of electricity is (I think) more than enough to power a household outlet

[@ButterflyLullabyLtd]

Hi Sotir. Thanks for sharing. I think he mentioned that he did not use Copper, as it is toxic? What would you use instead of Copper?Could you help with this project? Creating a Lego Plant Pot, and using the Japanese Knotweed plant to create Electricity: butterflylullaby.blogspot.com/2018/08/lego-bricks-made-from-plants-japanese_9.html

[@glorified3142]

Try the same experiment in parallel with other plants to increase current. Or do it in series to increase voltage. Connect anode and cathode to joule thief to light up your led.

[@limuelhernandez2560]

can a mushrooms do the job to break the organic metal? I just wonder.., if mushrooms are reach in nickel and also has chromium that are main element responsible for a bulb to emit light... is it possible for a mushroom or other plants reach in nickel and chromium to glow with that process?

[@rew9255]

One last thing, soils themselves are very low amp, low watt generators and batteries. The introduction of particulate, non-toxic capacitive materials could amplify the power generated by this method with a large enough dispersal structure. It would benefit the plant as well; think perlite...

[@vitordelima]

Could this also improve earth batteries?

[@Mrrantsalot]

Just add mulch to your flower beds

[@MdFuradBayBengle24]

2-3 bosor age shiksi r koto shikmu kon to dehi

[@MrTruth111]

The second person is even more recognisable.

[@koski406]

great idea. how much power does this produce? plus you still gotta water this and keep the plants healthy.

[@Mrrantsalot]

Using this method and doing it the right 1watts per square meter

[@koski406]

@@Mrrantsalot a reply after 11 years+ ago 😂 ty

[@Mrrantsalot]

@koski406 😆😆😆 and yet they still not advanced on this method 😆

[@ansaki8930]

Where did this company go?? I was literally 5 years old when this video was released..

[@ansaki8930]

Even a short search on "Plant Fuel Cell" on Google yields very little..

[@alptalks]

Very Nice

[@LuigiCotocea]

Let plug my pc into a sunflower

[@NinjaOnANinja]

Don't say that stuff out loud, man. This dude will take your curiosity and get rich off it.

[@Theronharp]

Is the technology scale-able? Say.. Trees or a whole forest? Can you imagine replanting a forest and calling it an energy system?

[@weyerscow04]

I am doing an experiment on which houseplants produce electrictity the best, do you think you can tell me some plants that produce elctricty very well? Maybe some plants that can help lightma light bulb?

[@Mrrantsalot]

Aloe Vera plants that hold water would be best for example a apple battery basically a apple full of water with a penny stuck in it and and zink screw will produce power for a light build but not sustainable

[@lizspencer605]

Cost per watt?

[@Mrrantsalot]

Nothing that's the point you can use grass trees plants anything bit of copper and zinc and away you go

[@fullofcrapiam]

this beat is fucking rad

[@evaneversole8546]

Why would plants kick uot sugar when the plants can use it

[@christophertadeo6120]

Plants uses the most effecient solar energy storage, that's why I like to eat them... 😁... I just let my stomach do the energy consumption... 😁

[@AmericaWake]

Oh wow... and they thought I was crazy when I told them that a plant played with my hand (see my videos) Im glad somebody on this planet knows the real truth and why that I have been laughed at and ran out of my own home and out of state with my 5 year old and the clothes onj our back...keep us updared

[@anynamewilldo3779]

Wait, what?

[@vortexdude1]

15 square yards= charged cell phone?!?!?!?....... well it's a start

[@26apauapau]

What more if the research was focused on by all country. And the amount of sunlight is intense like in countries near the equator

[@lenranamikaze416]

I'm a senior highschool student and I am also planning on making a scientific research about this kind of topic.

[@sfate04]

Hi! Can i ask your other socmed accounts? I have questions for u regarding on the research you conducted. Thank you!

[@lenranamikaze416]

Hello Samantha, I know it is an interesting topic but sadly I haven't conducted my initial plan since it must be approved first by my other groupmates. But I know you can search it through the internet to give you more information about the said topic.

[@misspetmalu501]

Hi, can I know what the materials you used? Please, tell us.

[@blueghost1366]

what is this bacteria and where can i get it?

[@amanytabaja7059]

Blueghost136 iam trying to get the same answer for month :(

[@theindigofog]

no special bacteria I think. just get soil from garden and its in it.

[@redmidubai3005]

I hope it is true as I am considering to test the experiment

[@mxvigilante4209]

This Video From 2011 Why Haven’t I Seen Plant Roofs Already In 2020

[@mxvigilante4209]

I Guess They Don’t Wants Us Living Good

[@joeigineversleepigottaeat8969]

the e-kaia is similar??

[@powerintegratedsolutions7113]

+Joe ghost hello sir i lyk to know about this over all process..

[@joeigineversleepigottaeat8969]

Im new to this also sorry

[@towam]

what do you mean??

[@Nichen]

So friggin cool!!

[@catherinethomas2568]

Movement, especially jumping induces electrical current by polarization. The moving things are living. Negative charge moves into the living organism and positive charge is reduced. That shift in polarization sends a neutralized current through the positive side of every particle in the universe. Every electron is connected to the air. The current produced by movement goes into that Earth and out at the other end of totality and exponential increase. Conducting organic current, also invites a surge on the return path. That return surge causes global warming; as the fire ball attempts long distance reentry. Since positive charge goes beyond the negative charge count, in size, there is also a big freeze invite, cooling the earth electrically. Cold magnetism has lightnings and moons; that far precede the actual high current ice ball. Jumping beans are the wave buffer. cJT

[@TheBusttheboss]

You might as well make a startup off potato batteries.

[@karlso7314]

Hahaha this is funny on so many levels!!!!

[@vuurmark]

I bet the first person talking is dutch :D

[@ninjaghostx]

no prob , if its a rice field.

[@mastersinr]

This along with wind and solar should have been the route taken instead we continue to poison ourselves.

[@user-ls6qv6js7s]

Just add some geobacter metallireducens or geobacter sulfurrireducens bacteria.

[@flxfaber]

Why do they feel the need to big up their pie chart portions?

[@woollale21]

OH NO NO

[@shanjilthesnowman6699]

Zygote the best

[@blazinyou33]

its all about the ph

[@zaidkiwan5168]

15 square meters to charge a smartphone?

[@josepires6733]

Hello. Whats the power by square meter? how is the return on investment (EROI)? everything is in the smog in this concept. You should be more clear and tell this things to people . I think this is a gadget for rich people. Who subsides this theory?

[@flightographist]

+josé Pires It's still in commercial scale testing but you can purchase a prototype kit from them on their website.

[@antonyxiao1581]

wow 15 square yards... why don't i just plant a apple tree or some potatos?

[@johnjordansailing]

Surely, this is a spoof?

[@cs_raaz8812]

Mera project hai tree se electricity make karna.

[@shantaymadison3808]

I made it by myself. I used inplix scripts for that.

[@yeseswisreeneeli6072]

hey shantay!! thats good. did it work?

[@yeseswisreeneeli6072]

could u help me out?

[@shantaymadison3808]

@@yeseswisreeneeli6072 YES 👍👍👍

[@yeseswisreeneeli6072]

Can u help me? @ShantayMadison

[@kevins5833]

Doe's this guy know what a comb is??

[@cianusaurelius8183]

You think we will deplete the most abundant resource on the planet?

[@kskarangroup3233]

Herry😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🥰

[@sherrylkeith9695]

I made it by myself. I used Avasva solutions for that.

[@faizasahraoui3121]

what's Avasva ? is it a blog ? 'cause i didn't find it :/ help

[@urszulamariakozlowski7]

and water... lets deplete earths water.

[@boris55samsun]

Wow... Just, wow...

[@sunniecharles3211]

😈🏢

[@redmidubai3005]

I feels like a joke or a fake movie

[@NotWorthToMention]

Hey Guys, I live you Work🫵

[@NotWorthToMention]

Hell yeah!

[@NotWorthToMention]

Teich them whos Theo Boss

[@85sparrowhawk]

Governments will want to suppress this or charge the hell out of the people for it. Also using hemp would make tons more electricity.. hahaha

[@mayorthompsonmusic5790]

I love this ❤️

[@SiempreAlgoLoco]

😳😳😳😳😳😳

[@hambone3145]

Certainly an exciting idea.

[@wherezmybailout]

pity the robotic approach

[@twinkstance]

While you guys go and dream on your plant electricity, ill wait for the nuclear fusion reactor to become even more of a efficiency success after the 500 megawatts of output power while only 50 megawatts is invested achievement. ITER. International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor in France. Latin for '' The way '' ... Literally its the way ;)

[@anasqamar1519]

Do look at other innovative, and often ignored, approaches to fusion. Check out Lpp fusion's focus fusion device.

[@dhvnitmehta9306]

Fusion reactors are very clean and a great source of energy but they are extremely dangerous. They could possibly be radioactive since atoms split and join together. They are also very explosive and extremely hard to control. You can't stop/slow them easily like nuclear reactors.

[@no-rj2ez]

the technology has nothing to do with plants, it is simply an electron capture device. just connect the electrodes to the sky and you have free electricity like tesla. or help the bacteria they use to evolve into 1 man sized bacteria per city to break down unwanted waste into electrons. ?

[@simonwatsky3843]

close your eyes man