China Solar Panel Road

In late 2016 a village in france opened what it claimed was the world s first solar panel.

China solar panel road.

Are experimenting with building solar panel. China is billing the project as the world s first photovoltaic highway. A stretch of solar in jinan. The road opened on december 28 and on january 2 an inspection team noticed a.

A 1km 0 6 mile route in the small village of tourouvre au perche covered with 2 800 sq m of. China has opened a 1 kilometer long solar road in jinan the capitol of shandong province south of beijing. The solar highway which comprises photovoltaic panels covered with a thin layer of concrete supposedly to protect them forms part of jinan s ring road system. France has opened what it claims to be the world s first solar panel road in a normandy village.

The sun s rays can hit some roads for up to 90 percent of the daylight hours so companies in europe and the u s. China is building a 1 2 mile 2 km stretch of solar highway meaning solar panels on the road will be powering the towns surrounding it. The two lane road covers 5 875 square meters and can generate up to 1 million kilowatt. Engineers hope that soon it will wirelessly power electric.

This is equivalent to almost 1 3 times the amount of china s total residential energy consumption 2015 and would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 7 2.