Their approaches are quite different, but they’re united by a common goal of bringing alternative energy to the trucking industry. So it should probably be no surprise that U.S.-based renewable energy specialist Green Road Energy has teamed up with the UK/Swedish sustainable technology developer Hultsteins to bring each other’s carbon- and cost-saving transport solutions to the other side of the Atlantic.
Based in Lakeland, Florida, Green Road Energy designs and manufactures systems that provide clean, low-cost electricity for auxiliary systems on trucks and trailers. The company’s flagship product, the TAG (turbine auxiliary generator) system, is a trailer-mounted device that uses simple wind-turbine technology to generate electricity for refrigeration units, liftgates, lights, and auxiliary batteries. As trucks drive down highways, the turbine blades rotate to harness roadway wind energy that would normally be…
