Solar Panel Bicycle Lane

It s tough to make cycling any greener but the dutch have done just that with a bike lane that powers street lights and even houses.

Solar panel bicycle lane.

Angle the best orientation for the panel is perpendicular to the sun. A year ago the dutch town of krommenie made bicycling even greener by opening a bike path composed of solar panels. Freeloader super cheap small 1 5w solar charger batteries with 800 1600mah built in batteries. Sol e catalog 09 linkedin slideshare.

Solaroad in the netherlands cost 3 7 million for 230 feet of on the ground solar panels according to lloyd alter over on sister site treehugger. What s being billed as the world s first solar powered bike path will officially open on november 12 in krommenie a town northwest of amsterdam. Product catalog 2009 solar led lighting solutions 2. Dec 07 2009 sol e catalog 09 1.

The solar bike road runs between daejeon and sejong a distance of about 20 miles. Apparently solar panels aren t just for roofs anymore. Korea has a 20 mile solar covered bike lane in the middle of the freeway. Products rated between 7 27 watts.

This had never been done before so it was anyone s guess whether it would. Leadership in solar lighting for 20 years lighting powered by the sun off grid solar lighting systems from sol inc are the reliable renewable and remarkable way to light built with high quality materials it has major components from renowned semiconductor. World s first solar cycle lane opening in the netherlands solar panels embedded in the cycle path near amsterdam could generate enough electricity to power three houses with potential to extend. Good for smaller usb powered devices for those on a budget.

Already half a year after the cycle lane was inaugurated solaroad sent out a press release stating that with 3000 kwh generated the solar panels were outperforming the 70 kwh annual per square. The two way bike lane runs between the two cities and is erected in the middle of a regular highway having three lanes of traffic on either side of it. This isn t the first solar bicycle lane. South korea has a solar bike highway designed to generate power from the sun while also shielding cyclists from it.