China Solar Highway

Jinan the capital city of china s shandong province opened on thursday a kilometer long stretch of solar expressway for testing joining france and the netherlands that have tapped into the nascent technology.

China solar highway.

Transparent concrete on top. Thieves shut china s solar highway after just five days the 1km long photovoltaic highway opened for testing on december 28 and the problem was spotted several days later. But it was vandalized and had sensitive parts stolen from it five days after opening the beijing youth daily said. 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 building a 1 2 mile 2 km stretch of solar highway meaning solar panels on the road will be powering the towns surrounding it. This story by yin han was first published in the global times. The solar panels cover 5 875 square meters and can generate 1 million kilowatt hours of power in a year or enough to meet the energy demands of. It spans 5 875 sq m and is capable of generating up to 1gwh every year enough to power 800 homes.

China s new solar road consists of an insulating layer on the bottom photovoltaic panels in the middle and transparent concrete on top. In late 2017 china opened its 1km solar highway in the shandong province s capital jinan south of beijing. The move has been hailed by the developers as another major breakthrough in the field of photovoltaic pavements. China is billing the project as the world s first photovoltaic highway.

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 ground breaking highway is made up of three layers. China says it has opened the world s first solar highway designed to generate energy as well as handle traffic. Engineers hope that soon it will wirelessly power electric.

The 5 875 square metres of highwayin jinan runs for one kilometre including two lanes and an emergency strip.