China Solar Power Highway

A stretch of solar in jinan.

China solar power highway.

China is building a 2 km stretch of solar highway that will be able to generate electricity from sunlight. The two kilometre long highway located in jinan could charge electric cars as they are travelling on it. In late 2016 a village in france opened what it claimed was the world s first solar panel. China has opened a 1 kilometer long solar road in jinan the capitol of shandong province south of beijing.

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. 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. In late 2017 china opened its 1km solar highway in the shandong province s capital jinan south of beijing. Though china is the largest clean energy market in the world wind and solar only accounted for 5 2 percent and 2 5 percent of china s national power generation in 2018 says kevin tu former china program manager at the international energy agency and now a fellow with the center on global energy policy at columbia university.

What is china s solar highway. The two lane road covers 5 875 square meters and can generate up to 1 million kilowatt. According to state run cctv the jinan expressway has unique features and strength. China is billing the project as the world s first photovoltaic highway.

While the netherlands built a solar bike path in 2014. China has successfully tested its first solar powered highway opening the one kilometer stretch of road to traffic ahead of plans to use it to recharge electric cars. The solar road developed by the qilu transportation development group was opened thursday in jinan the capital city of china s shandong province a year after the project. France boasted the world s first solar panel road in late 2016 but that only covered half the area of the chinese version.

It spans 5 875 sq m and is capable of generating up to 1gwh every year enough to power 800 homes.