The invention relates to a device in which mechanical energy is converted into electrical energy with the aid of electromagnetic induction. This occurs by means of a horizontally rotatable long double-branch lever arm 4 on each of whose extreme ends a holder 3 is provided which has a multiplicity of magnet armatures 5. The magnet armatures 5 continuously revolve about a fixed circular arrangement 2 on which a multiplicity of electromagnets 1 is arranged. <IMAGE>