France Solar Panel Road

The world s first solar road is here in the small village of tourouvre au perche in normandy france.

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

Are experimenting with building solar panel. It was all smiles and high hopes in 2016 when the world s first solar panel road called wattway opened. In 2016 france put forth an audacious plan to build 620 miles 1 000 kilometers of solar highways composed of photovoltaic panels. Solar power highways are hitting a roadblock.

A 1km 0 6 mile route in the small village of tourouvre au perche covered with 2 800 sq m of. The wattway as the french solar road installation is known is disintegrating much more quickly than its builders anticipated. The 1 kilometer road was opened yesterday by french ecology minister ségolène royal and could. This is a fairly common issue.

And three years later the trial project has turned out to be an absolute disaster french newspaper le. 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.