Charly triballeau afp getty images before the solar powered road called wattway was opened on the rd5 road the panels were tested.
China solar panel road.
In late 2017 china opened its 1km solar highway in the shandong province s capital jinan south of beijing.
The road to china s autonomous driving future is paved with solar panels mapping sensors and electric battery rechargers as the nation tests an intelligent highway that could speed the.
Engineers hope that soon it will wirelessly power electric.
It spans 5 875 sq m and is capable of generating up to 1gwh every year enough to power 800 homes.
In late 2016 a village in france opened what it claimed was the world s first solar panel road running for about the same.
Recently the city of jinan built china s very first solar road which lasted about a week until someone stole it.
The solar highway which comprises photovoltaic panels covered with a thin layer of concrete supposedly to protect them forms part of jinan s ring road system.
China is billing the project as the world s first photovoltaic highway.
Are experimenting with building solar panel.
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.
China has opened a 1 kilometer long solar road in jinan the capitol of shandong province south of beijing.
The two lane road covers 5 875 square meters and can generate up to 1 million.