Roads Paved With Solar Panels

The world s first solar panel paved road has opened in france.

Roads paved with solar panels.

December 23 2016 this article is more than 2 years old. Roads could one day be paved with solar panels. It not only served as a way to reduce our negative impact on the environment but it also promised to supply plenty of jobs. The solar panel road was a bad idea.

France on thursday inaugurated the world s first solar highway a road paved with solar panels providing enough energy to power the street lights of the small normandy town of tourouvre. It was just a few years back that people were excited about the idea of roads paved with solar panels. Why roads paved with solar panels are not such a bright idea file 20180921 129865 1frld43 jpg the solar road in tourouvre au perche cost 5m to install epa epa christophe petit tesson. Would solar roadways change the world though.

Solar roadway is another company looking at building roads with solar panels and it installed a small number of panels at the route 66 welcome center in conway missouri earlier this year. The french newspaper le monde reported that after two and a half years some things have gone wrong. A phenomenon called the urban heat island effect. Scott and julie brusaw have launched an initiative that they call solar.

To the great disappointment of interested parties the results are in.