First Solar Panel Road France

The trial roadway called wattway passes through the small town of tourouvre au perche.

First solar panel road france.

The 1 kilometer road was opened yesterday by french ecology minister ségolène royal and could. A 1km 0 6 mile route in the small village of tourouvre au perche covered with 2 800 sq m of. France is now waiting to see if the current portion of the plan which has been built with construction company colas wattway technology will fulfill the desires of the clean energy experiment. They believed that the completed roadway would be able to one.

France spent 5 2 million on 0 6 miles of road and 30 000 square feet of solar panels. And three years later the trial project has turned out to be an absolute disaster french newspaper le. Spanning one kilometer with 2 880 solar panels in tourouvre au perche this road is a revolutionary idea. The world s first solar road is here in the small village of tourouvre au perche in normandy france.

Benoit tessier reuters france has just opened what it claims is the first. In 2016 france turned a one kilometer stretch of roadway into the world s first solar road. It was all smiles and high hopes in 2016 when the world s first solar panel road called wattway opened. 2 880 solar panels now adorn the rd5 road in a normandy village in france.

The world s first solar panel road opens in france france s minister of environment ségolène royal has officially opened the world s first solar panel road this week. France opened what they say is the first solar panel road in the world paved with colas wattway system near normandy. In 2016 france put forth an audacious plan to build 620 miles 1 000 kilometers of solar highways composed of photovoltaic panels. Before the solar powered road was opened road panels were tested at four parks across france.