
How to generate electricity from the roots of living plants
After wind, solar and hydropower, the full range of biomass sources are now ready for energy production.
Plant-e has been a World Economic Forum technology pioneer since 2015. Plant-e develops and produces products that generate electricity from living plants. While plants grow, electricity can be directly generated without harvesting the plant. This works day and night and year-round. By using this technology, a new sustainable energy comes into view that enables the world to produce electricity in combination with other applications on the same land. Plant-e is based in Wageningen, the Netherlands.
After wind, solar and hydropower, the full range of biomass sources are now ready for energy production.
The sustainability of renewable energy is determined by three different parameters: environmental sustainability, social sustainability, and economic sustainability.