The first solar road in the world was opened in the French village of Tourouvre au Perche, which means that part of the roadway was covered with solar cells. It is supposed to generate enough energy to power street lighting.
The first solar road in the world winds through the French countryside Tourouvre au Perche (Normandy). They are there with 2880 solar panels overlaid one kilometer roads. With a two-year pilot project, they hope to create enough electricity for public lighting. Annually they count on 280 megawatt hours (MWh) of energy, which on average means approx 767 kWh per day. Thanks to the company's innovative technology Wattway (this is part of the building colossus Cola), for installing panels no interventions in the road network are necessary. Solar panels are simply placed on the road surface.
Their solar panels are quite ordinary, but covered with several layers of plastic and with an anti-slip surface made of crushed glass. They can also transfer the weight of large trucks.
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The French are not the first to cover the road surface with solar cells. They are pioneers in this field The Dutch, who opened the first in 2014 solar bike path SolaRoad. Although it is only 70 meters long, it produces enough electricity in half a year to satisfy the whole year the needs of a small household.
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