France Solar Panel Road

In 2016 france turned a one kilometer stretch of roadway into the world s first solar road.

France solar panel road.

France s first ever solar panel road appears to have some serious issues by trevor mogg august 19 2019 there was much excitement surrounding france s first ever solar road when it opened to. The 1 kilometer road was opened yesterday by french ecology minister ségolène royal and could. Solar power highways are hitting a roadblock. The wattway as the french solar road installation is known is disintegrating much more quickly than its builders anticipated.

And three years later the trial project has turned out to be an absolute disaster french newspaper le. It was all smiles and high hopes in 2016 when the world s first solar panel road called wattway opened. A 1km 0 6 mile route in the small village of tourouvre au perche covered with 2 800 sq m of. France spent 5 2 million on 0 6 miles of road and 30 000 square feet of solar panels.

Nearly three years after france built a 0 6 mile stretch of photovoltaic road in normandy the government is deeming it a disappointing experiment. This is a fairly common issue. Le monde describes the road as pale with its ragged joints with solar panels that peel off the road and the many splinters that enamel resin protecting photovoltaic cells it s a poor sign for. They believed that the completed roadway would be able to one.

Are experimenting with building solar panel. The world s first solar road is here in the small village of tourouvre au perche in normandy france.