
Since the late 1980s, there have been several attempts to investigate the possibility of harvesting lightning energy. A single bolt of lightning carries a relatively large amount of energy (approximately 7 gigajoules or about the energy stored in 38 Imperial gallons or 172 litres of gasoline). However, this energy is. . A technology capable of harvesting lightning energy would need to be able to rapidly capture the high power involved in a lightning bolt. Several schemes have been proposed, but the ever-changing energy involved in each. . To facilitate the harvesting of lightning, a -induced (LIPC) could theoretically be used to influence lightning to strike in a. . • • •

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