Sow Starlight Cinema pedal-powered screening, Taiwan
Photo: Sow Starlight Cinema (sow.org.tw) — via sow.org.tw

Society of Wilderness — Starlight Cinema

Taiwan, Taipei · Festival or event

Historical last verified 2026-09 One-off Earth Hour carnival, 28 March 2015; no recurring edition documented.
Battery-buffered AC
12 generator bikesDocumented
Editorial notes
  • Promotional figures labelled
  • Historical only

Websitehttps://www.sow.org.tw

On 28 March 2015 the Society of Wilderness staged a pedal-charged "Starlight Cinema" at its Earth Hour carnival in Taipei. Twelve generator exercise bikes charged storage through a nine-hour public relay for that evening's outdoor screening.

Key facts

  • Event

    Earth Hour carnival, 28 March 20151

    Documented
  • Generator bikes

    121

    Documented
  • Relay

    9-hour public relay, 13:00–22:002

    Documented
  • Energy target

    25 kWh (promotional; harvested amount never disclosed)1

    Promotional / press-reported — not verified

“只要踩滿15分鐘就可以被封為「發電王」”

Translation: Anyone who pedals a full fifteen minutes can be crowned 'Generation King.'

Society of Wilderness, post-event report on the 2015 Earth Hour carnival2

The Society of Wilderness (荒野保護協會), a Taiwanese environmental NGO, announced the plan in advance: exercise bikes pedalled from early afternoon to late evening on the East Gate plaza of Taipei City Hall, charging storage to power the film after dark — a battery-buffered arrangement, not a live pedal-to-projector feed 1. The organization's post-event report confirms the relay ran as planned and gives no figure for the energy harvested 2. The cinema was one exhibit in a wider Earth Hour carnival that also included a "human power club", a low-carbon food market and talks 1.

Specifications

FieldValueConfidenceSources
Generator bikes12 exercise bikesDocumented1,2
Resistance levels4 levels, flat to steep climbDocumented1
Relay duration9 hours (13:00–22:00)Documented1,2
Energy target25 kWh (25度)Research correction:The post-event report confirms the nine-hour relay happened as planned but never discloses the kilowatt-hours actually harvested; treat 25 kWh as the organizers' target, not a measured result.Announced in advance as the day's charging goal for the evening screening.Promotional / press-reported — not verified1,2
Harvested energynot disclosedThe post-event report describes the full relay but states no final energy total.Not disclosed2
Line diagram of the nine-hour bicycle relay charging batteries for an evening screening
12 exercise-bike generators → batteries (9 h relay) → evening screening1,2 Image: BicycleCinema.org, drawn from the research corpus
Audience at a Sow Starlight pedal cinema night, Taiwan
Photo: Sow Starlight Cinema (sow.org.tw) — via sow.org.tw
Map marking Taipei with a one-off historical-event badge
Taipei City Hall plaza1,2 Image: BicycleCinema.org, drawn from the research corpus
Pedal stations at a Sow Starlight Cinema event
Photo: Sow Starlight Cinema (sow.org.tw) — via sow.org.tw

Sources

  1. [1]Society of Wilderness event page, 2015www.sow.org.tw
  2. [2]SOW post-event report, 2015www.sow.org.tw

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