Roads with solar batteries will be installed in 4 continents next year
05:50 Date 25/12/2016
The path generator and transfer the solar power to the grid which can be present in close to where you're at
A subsidiary of Bouygues SA has designed the rugged solar panels can withstand the weight of an 18-wheel truck, and the panels which are currently being installed on the surface of the road. After nearly 5 years after successful research in the laboratory, they have pilot installations in nearly 100 locations and plans to commercialize the technology beginning in 2018.
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"We were trying to find uses for the 2nd path," said by Philippe Harelle - chief technology officer at the company Colas SA's Wattway - a subsidiary of engineering group Bouygues (France). "The solar farm use lands could otherwise be used for agriculture, while the roads are not"
Because solar energy costs are decreasing, the solar panels are being integrated more into the everyday material. Last month Tesla Motors to launch the tile integrated solar battery. Other companies are being integrated photovoltaics into buildings facades, and then joined the group Wattway including Sweden's Scania and US Solar Roadways develop integrated solar panels onto the sidewalk.
To reduce the strain on her from the vehicle, Wattway development classes and durable plastic transparent overlay on, and beneath the solar panels are like normal panels are mounted on the roof . Cables buried beneath the road surface and anti-slip coated made of toughened glass.
Almost 1 km of roads have been built for testing last month in a village in France. This area of 2,800m2 panels can be produced at the time the sun 280kWp good enough to provide street lighting bulbs 5000 per year.
Currently the cost of raw materials fell for this project has become very reasonable. One m2 of solar street is only consuming 2000 to 2500 euros (over $ 2,000). Costs include the costs that have monitoring, data acquisition and installation costs. Wattway said costs can compete with the solar farms by 2020.
