Abstract:Human power, one of the long neglected renewable and clean energies, is now put on the agenda to face the current serious imbalance between energy supply and demand. For a highly efficient management and utilization of the dispersed, low power electric energy produced by human motion, a new conceptual smart network of human power is proposed in this paper for collecting electric power from each individual at different regions and thus for supplying unique and flexible power to the customers covered in the network, without relying on the conventional electricity grid. The basic strategies to configure and make full use of the human electrical power resources, which are scattered but huge in the total amount, are proposed, based on the computer and information network controlling system. Furthermore, the feasibility of building the new network is evaluated, its features are described and some key technical and scientific issues are discussed. The prospect of developing a future smart network of human power is pointed out. The establishment of this kind of electricity grids would lead to breakthroughs in either fundamental or practical researches in the energy utilization technology