France Solar Panel Road

Are experimenting with building solar panel.

France solar panel road.

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. The wattway as the french solar road installation is known is disintegrating much more quickly than its builders anticipated. The world s first solar road is here in the small village of tourouvre au perche in normandy france. 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. 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. The 1 kilometer road was opened yesterday by french ecology minister ségolène royal and could.

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. 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. France spent 5 2 million on 0 6 miles of road and 30 000 square feet of solar panels.

They believed that the completed roadway would be able to one. In 2016 france turned a one kilometer stretch of roadway into the world s first solar road.