France Solar Panel Road

Solar power highways are hitting a roadblock.

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. France spent 5 2 million on 0 6 miles of road and 30 000 square feet of solar panels. The wattway as the french solar road installation is known is disintegrating much more quickly than its builders anticipated.

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. And three years later the trial project has turned out to be an absolute disaster french newspaper le. France has opened what it claims to be the world s first solar panel road in a normandy village. In 2016 france turned a one kilometer stretch of roadway into the world s first solar road.

In 2016 france put forth an audacious plan to build 620 miles 1 000 kilometers of solar highways composed of photovoltaic panels. The world s first solar road is here in the small village of tourouvre au perche in normandy france. They believed that the completed roadway would be able to one. The sun s rays can hit some roads for up to 90 percent of the daylight hours so companies in europe and the u s.

It was all smiles and high hopes in 2016 when the world s first solar panel road called wattway opened. This is a fairly common issue.