World’s First Solar Panel Road Opens in Normandy Village

Source: theguardian.com Published: December 22, 2016 A test phase will evaluate whether the solar panel road can provide enough energy to power street lighting. Photograph: Christophe Petit Tesson/EPA Kim Willsher in Paris France has opened what it claims to be the...

First Solar Roadway Coming to Historic Route 66

Source: ecowatch.com Published: June 24, 2016 Solar Roadways’s hexagonal solar panels feature LED lighting and smart technology that allows them to “communicate” with each other. Photo credit: Solar Roadways Lorraine Chow Missouri’s Department of Transportation...

Dutch Solar Road Makes Enough Energy to Power Household

Source: aljazeera.com Published: May 10, 2015 by Tarek Bazley Engineers in the Netherlands say a novel solar road surface that generates electricity and can be driven over has proved more successful than expected. Last year they built a 70-metre test track along a...