World record for rowers who generated enough electricity to power a house for a day

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 - 08:30 in Physics & Chemistry

It is official! The University of Nottingham has set a new Guinness World Record for the most electrical energy generated by indoor rowers in 24 hours. A relay of rowers converted sheer muscle power into 12.4kWh of energy – that’s enough electricity to power a typical three bed house for a whole day.

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