Solar Panel Roads In Netherlands

The world s first solar bike lane is soon to be available for use in the netherlands.

Solar panel roads in netherlands.

Are experimenting with building solar panel. The initiative is part of. By 2018 residential solar pv had more than doubled to 2 307 mw. The pair whose company solar roadways has received millions in funding from the us federal highway administration are now working on getting their designs out to the country s public roads.

While the netherlands has been the fastest country to embrace the technology of solar roads scattered projects around the world are following suit most notably a couple of american engineers julie and scott brusaw who earlier this year replaced their parking lot with solar panels. The aim of the project is to test the practicality and cost efficiency of embedding solar panels into a cycle path. The bike path that connects the amsterdam suburbs of krommenie and wormerveer is a 70 meter stretch of solar powered roadway set to open for the public on november 12th 2014. Driveways are large surfaces which if harnessed by products like solar roadways panels could likely produce a considerable amount of a home s energy needs while also providing high quality long lasting surface.

A solar panel road is also being tested near amsterdam s schiphol airport. Now six months into the trial engineers say the system is working even better than expected with the 70 metre test bike path generating 3 000 kwh or enough electricity to power a small household for a year. In november 2014 solaroad the world s first experimental solar cycle path was opened in the village of krommenie. In addition to being one of the most bike friendly places in europe the netherlands is about to make their bike lanes even more green by paving them with solar panels.

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.