The world’s first solar bike path has been installed in the - TopicsExpress



          

The world’s first solar bike path has been installed in the Netherlands, with further plans to embed solar panels into the country’s 140,000 km of road to power everything from traffic lights to electric cars. Named the SolaRoad, it was made using rows of crystalline silicon solar cells, which were embedded into the concrete of the path and covered over by a thick, tempered glass. The surface of the road has been treated with a special non-adhesive coating, and the road itself was built to sit at a slight tilt in an effort to keep dust and dirt from accumulating and obscuring the solar cells. sciencealert/world-s-first-solar-road-opens-in-the-netherlands
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 03:00:59 +0000

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