China Solar Panel Road

Are experimenting with building solar panel.

China solar panel road.

Engineers hope that soon it will wirelessly power electric. Charly triballeau afp getty images before the solar powered road called wattway was opened on the rd5 road the panels were tested. The road opened on december 28 and on january 2 an inspection team noticed a. 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.

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. 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 2017 china opened its 1km solar highway in the shandong province s capital jinan south of beijing.

Recently the city of jinan built china s very first solar road which lasted about a week until someone stole it. It spans 5 875 sq m and is capable of generating up to 1gwh every year enough to power 800 homes. In late 2016 a village in france opened what it claimed was the world s first solar panel road running for about the same. China is billing the project as the world s first photovoltaic highway.