Atmospheric Energy Harvesting System
New kid on the green block
The Hexatra AEHS is designed to explore atmospheric electrical potential as a clean auxiliary energy source for resilient sites, remote systems and future energy applications.
Product overview
The future of green energy
The Atmospheric Energy Harvesting System represents Hexatra's atmospheric energy innovation pathway. It is designed to support auxiliary clean power applications by combining atmospheric collection, controlled charge management, power conditioning and storage-ready design.
The system is being developed for low-power resilience, monitoring and remote support applications where site conditions and system configuration are suitable.
System diagram
AEHS system overview
The AEHS concept combines atmospheric collection, charge management, power conditioning, storage readiness and monitoring into a controlled system architecture.
AEHS combines atmospheric collection, charge control, power conditioning and storage readiness within a monitored system architecture.
How it works
Designed around controlled collection and safe operation
Performance
Performance metrics
Performance is configuration-dependent and subject to site conditions, system design and validation.
Atmospheric potential difference
100 kV – >300 kV
subject to atmospheric conditions
Ionisation current density
Up to 2.5 A cm⁻²
target / configuration-dependent
Humidity-related output
μW-scale per cm²
scalable through stacked modules
Battery energy density
>300 Wh kg⁻¹
target, storage technology dependent
Operating mode
Continuous auxiliary
performance influenced by atmospheric conditions
Scalability
Single to arrayed
low-power to larger system development
Applications
Auxiliary power potential for resilient systems
TelecomsTelecoms and critical communications
AEHS may support auxiliary power, monitoring and resilience for telecoms sites, including towers, masts and rooftops.
MonitoringRemote monitoring
Auxiliary power potential for sensors, remote equipment and monitoring systems where conventional supply is limited.
SensingEnvironmental sensing
Support for low-power sensing applications across environmental, atmospheric and infrastructure monitoring.
Smart sitesAgriculture and smart sites
Potential auxiliary energy support for connected infrastructure, field monitoring and remote smart-site systems.
ResilienceDisaster relief and resilience
Atmospheric auxiliary power may support resilient field systems, monitoring and communications.
Legacy and innovation
Inspired by a legacy, engineered for the future
Atmospheric electricity has been explored for more than a century — from Nikola Tesla's investigations into electrical energy transmission to Dr Hermann Plauson's early atmospheric collection concepts. Hexatra builds on this history with modern materials, control systems and power electronics.
Where earlier research explored the concept, modern engineering allows it to be revisited with improved safety, monitoring, power conditioning and storage-ready design.
Early atmospheric electricity research
Nikola Tesla and electrical energy experimentation
Atmospheric energy enquiry
Ready to explore atmospheric energy
Speak with Hexatra Technologies about AEHS development, site requirements, telecoms integration or future deployment opportunities.