Virtuous cycles: CNN

By Matthew Knight
For CNN

LONDON, England (CNN) -- New technology devised by a Connecticut firm, The Green Revolution Inc is turning sessions in the gym into clean renewable electricity.

It's a workout that hopes to work out some of our energy problems and offers a glimpse of what could be achieved if we all do our bit for the environment.

The first devices were recently installed on seventeen bicycles at the Ridgefield Fitness Club in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

The energy generated is fed straight into the club's electricity control cabinet where a grid-tie inverter pumps energy back on to the grid.

The new venture is the brainchild of founder and CEO of Green Revolution, Jay Whelan.

It was during recovery from a shoulder injury that Whelan -- a former Partner at management consultants, Accenture -- first had the idea to create a machine than could harness human power.

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