Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TOAT20250818015
- Term of Validity
- 26 August 2025 - 26 August 2026
- Company's Country
- Austria
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- An Austrian startup has developed and validated a patented road energy system that transforms roads into power plants. The technology generates clean electricity by harvesting lost energy from vehicles. It is highly efficient and enables local, grid-independent energy use. The company seeks partners such as logistic centers, municipalities, industry, road operators, and infrastructure owners to co-develop, test and deploy pilot installations under technical or research cooperation agreement.
- Full Description
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Currently, transport is responsible for almost one third of global CO2 emissions, while electricity demand keeps rising faster than renewable supply can expand. Infrastructure operators such as ports, cities and highway authorities face strict climate targets but often lack space or viable solutions for clean energy generation on-site. Previous attempts to harvest energy from traffic, such as piezo or dynamo systems, failed due to low efficiency and poor durability.
The Austrian startup has now solved this challenge with a patented road energy system that transforms sealed traffic surfaces into efficient power generators. Integrated directly into existing roads, the technology captures vehicle impulses - such as those generated during braking - using a hydraulic-mechanical system connected to an energy converter. This approach achieves an efficiency 254 times higher than alternative concepts such as dynamo or piezo-based systems, while offering the durability and performance needed to make road-based power generation economically viable with rapid amortization times.
The implementation of this solution requires no additional land, can be deployed and maintained quick and easy, causes no traffic disruption, and simultaneously delivers valuable traffic and weight data. Successfully validated through pilot projects at logistics hubs and ports, the solution enables infrastructure operators to generate local green energy, reduce CO2 emissions, and move toward energy independence.
The system is currently available in two versions to suit different traffic conditions. An 8-meter unit is designed primarily for roads with passenger car traffic, while a 12-meter unit is optimized for areas with predominantly truck traffic. Depending on the vehicle speed, the system can be scaled in length up to 100 meters. Pilot studies have demonstrated that the system can cover up to 5% of a port’s energy demand or up to 22% of highway operator’s total energy demand, helping to reduce thousands of tons of CO2 emissions annually.
The startup is now seeking international partners to expand pilot projects. Potential partners can be operators of logistics hubs, cities, ports, highways, municipalities and other high-traffic infrastructure environments. The startup is currently focused on applying the solution to energy harvesting from road traffic. In the future, it plans to expand its technology to other applications, such as wave and tidal energy or energy recovery from pump jacks. - Advantages and Innovations
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Exceptional Efficiency:
- harvesting energy that is otherwise unused
- 254× higher energy efficiency than dynamo-based converters in the field of energy harvesting
- 13,000× higher than piezoelectric systems
Smart Integration:
- Implementation in existing sealed road surfaces, meaning no additional land is required
- Installation depth is only 10 cm into the ground, making it cost-efficient, simple, and quick to deploy
- All electronic components, hydraulic systems, and mechanical parts remain accessible outside the road surface, making maintenance easy
- Operates without disrupting traffic
- Collects real-time traffic and weight data
Proven Performance:
- Over one year of continuous real-traffic testing
- Validated and verified
- Covers up to 22% of highway operator’s total energy demand
- Pilot studies show up to 5% energy coverage at ports
- Significant CO2 emission recovery potential
Economic & Environmental Impact:
- Enables new revenue streams: electricity sales, CO2 credits, traffic data
- Supports energy independence and emission reduction
- Amortization within short time (e.g. within 7 years from a port’s perspective)
Scalable & Patented:
- The system can be scaled up to 100 meters in length
- Patented in Europe and Saudi Arabia; pending in USA and United Arab Emirates - Technical Specification or Expertise Sought
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Now, they are looking for infrastructure operators, industrial partners and civil engineering firms who can support them in installing pilot systems on roads. From a technical perspective, they are looking for road sites with locations where energy is usually lost (e.g. where slopes are acting or brakes). The system integrates plates of around 10 cm height into the road surface. Specially designed hydraulic steps transfer the impulses from the road to their energy converter, where the energy is temporarily stored. From there, it can either be fed directly into the grid or stored in larger batteries for nearby infrastructure.
They are looking for partners who have the capabilities and access to install and operate such a pilot plant. Sites with high daily traffic volumes (starting at 6.000 cars or 500 trucks) offer optimal return on investment and rapid amortization, though this is not a mandatory requirement. - Stage of Development
- Available for demonstration
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
- Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
- Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- Goal 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal
- IPR status
- IPR granted
- IPR notes
- Patent for Europe & Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; pending for USA & United Arab Emirates
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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The startup seeks cooperation with civil engineering firms, infrastructure operators, municipalities, logistics hubs, and industrial partners managing roads, highways, ports, parking areas, or urban traffic systems. The expected partner role is to provide testing and deployment environments and co-develop large-scale installations. The collaboration will be established through a technical or research cooperation agreement.
Ideal partners should be particularly interested to utilize surplus energy that would otherwise be lost, contributing to a more sustainable energy future. - Type and Size of Partner
- Big company
- SME 50 - 249
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 04007001 - Energy management
- 04007006 - Low, zero and plus energy rating
- 04005010 - Integrated waste-energy processes
- Market keywords
- 06009 - Energy Distribution
- 06011 - Energy for Transport
- 06003008 - Other alternative energy
- Targeted countries
- Afghanistan
- Aland Islands
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antarctica
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Bouvet Island
- Brazil
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Christmas Island
- Cocos Islands
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curacao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Guiana
- French Polynesia
- French Southern Territories
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Martinique
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Netherlands Antilles
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestinian Territory
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Pitcairn
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Republic of the Congo
- Reunion
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Barthelemy
- Saint Helena
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor Leste
- Togo
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Wallis and Futuna
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe