In late 2017 china opened its 1km solar highway in the shandong province s capital jinan south of beijing.
China solar power highway.
Engineers hope that soon it will wirelessly power electric.
In late 2016 a village in france opened what it claimed was the world s first solar panel road running for about the same.
The solar power highway is expected to produce 280 mwh of electricity a year enough to power the village s street lights.
While the netherlands built a solar bike path in 2014.
The two lane road covers 5 875 square meters and can.
People in golmud population 200 000 take great pride in the frontunner solar power installation.
Why china s solar highway is special.
It spans 5 875 sq m and is capable of generating up to 1gwh every year enough to power 800 homes.
Golmud s workers have a history of building grand projects including the qinghai tibet highway which was constructed in the 1950s and is memorialized at a park in golmud.
December 30th 2017 by steve hanley china has opened a 1 kilometer long solar road in jinan the capitol of shandong province south of beijing.
China is billing the project as the world s first photovoltaic highway.
According to state run cctv the jinan expressway has unique features and strength.
The move has been hailed by the developers as another major breakthrough in the field of photovoltaic pavements.
The two kilometre long highway located in jinan could charge electric cars as they are travelling on it.
France boasted the world s first solar panel road in late 2016 but that only covered half the area of the chinese version.