China Solar Panel Road

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China solar panel road.

It spans 5 875 sq m and is capable of generating up to 1gwh every year enough to power 800 homes. China is billing the project as the world s first photovoltaic highway. Recently the city of jinan built china s very first solar road which lasted about a week until someone stole it. 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.

Are experimenting with building solar panel. The road to china s autonomous driving future is paved with solar panels mapping sensors and electric battery rechargers as the nation tests an intelligent highway that could speed the. The two lane road covers 5 875 square meters and can generate up to 1 million. In late 2017 china opened its 1km solar highway in the shandong province s capital jinan 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. In late 2016 a village in france opened what it claimed was the world s first solar panel road running for about the same. The road opened on december 28 and on january 2 an inspection team noticed a. Engineers hope that soon it will wirelessly power electric.