China First Solar Highway

This highway in china generates solar energy even while people are driving over it.

China first solar highway.

Roofs and windows of buildings aren t the only surfaces that can be used to generate solar power. This road brings positive effectiveness to renewable energy vehicles. Solar roadways are now open. What is china s solar highway.

The project will save the space for building solar farms and shorten the transmission distance said xu chunfu the group s chairman. It spans 5 875 sq m and is capable of generating up to 1gwh every year enough to power 800 homes. France boasted the world s first solar panel road in late 2016 but that only covered half the area of the chinese version. But this special road which china has hailed as the world s first photovoltaic highway is designed to do a lot more than just harness the sun s rays for electricity and allow cars to get from a to b.

A new era has dawned with china s first solar powered highway opening up on thursday allowing cars to drive over the panels for the first time and block out the sun s rays. According to state run cctv the jinan expressway has unique features and strength. A massive chinese fleet is fishing off the galapagos islands. Why china s solar highway is special.

While the netherlands built a solar bike path in 2014. In late 2017 china opened its 1km solar highway in the shandong province s capital jinan south of beijing. China will soon be home to one of the first ever solar highways. China s first solar highway.

Located on the jinan expressway the solar road has been constructed using transparent concrete solar panels and an additional third layer. China s first solar highway is nearly complete may soon be able to charge electric cars.