<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-03T15:52:43Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/BDF32F62-DC98-4CEF-8FFC-D3EF3C4537C4" ns1:id="BDF32F62-DC98-4CEF-8FFC-D3EF3C4537C4"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/33F86981-D4EF-4CB2-9FC7-8A13BC7659B4" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/30F2C02E-710F-4B2D-A21A-5EF426A3DEA7" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/30F2C02E-710F-4B2D-A21A-5EF426A3DEA7" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2023-03-30T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/8DD8BBB6-94A1-46F4-9994-301DEEBA04DF" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2022-05-31T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">10028650</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>A road-integrated, compression-based energy harvesting device operating at 98% efficiency.</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Collaborative R&amp;D</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>Rouute Technologies (ROUUTE) is a UK energy harvesting technology SME with a core project team of Antony Edmondson-Bennett (project lead), Barry Lee Parker (commercial, sustainability lead), Matthew Stringer (innovation lead), and James Fearnley (technical lead). ROUUTE is solving a significant unmet need with its road-integrated compression device for generating emission-free energy at 98% efficiency. Global energy demand is rising and exceeds supply, parts of the world have no access to power, and many nations struggle to reduce emissions enough to meet the 2050 net-zero target. ROUUTE does not require large infrastructure or power input, benefitting first-, second-, and third-world countries. It produces emission-free energy, reducing reliance on FFs. ROUUTE's systems achieve ROI in 16 months.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>