China Solar Highway

China is building a 1 2 mile 2 km stretch of solar highway meaning solar panels on the road will be powering the towns surrounding it.

China solar highway.

The ground breaking highway is made up of three layers. In late 2017 china opened its 1km solar highway in the shandong province s capital jinan south of beijing. It spans 5 875 sq m and is capable of generating up to 1gwh every year enough to power 800 homes. China s new solar road consists of an insulating layer on the bottom photovoltaic panels in the middle and transparent concrete on top.

China says it has opened the world s first solar highway designed to generate energy as well as handle traffic. The 5 875 square metres of highwayin jinan runs for one kilometre including two lanes and an emergency strip. 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 panels cover 5 875 square meters and can generate 1 million kilowatt hours of power in a year or enough to meet the energy demands of.

China s first solar expressway with a length of 1 kilometer was opened for testing in december 2017 in east china s jinan. Thieves shut china s solar highway after just five days the 1km long photovoltaic highway opened for testing on december 28 and the problem was spotted several days later. After the claims of foul. The solar road developed by the qilu transportation development group was opened thursday in jinan the capital city of china s shandong province a year after the project was initially launched.

Transparent concrete on top. The move has been hailed by the developers as another major breakthrough in the field of photovoltaic pavements. This story by yin han was first published in the global times. Engineers hope that soon it will wirelessly power electric.

Jinan the capital city of china s shandong province opened on thursday a kilometer long stretch of solar expressway for testing joining france and the netherlands that have tapped into the nascent technology.