Solar Panel Roads Prototype

The panels have microprocessors which makes them intelligent.

Solar panel roads prototype.

Their proof of concept technology is a hexagonal road panel that has a glass driving surface with underlying solar cells electronics and sensors to act as a part of solar array with programmable capability. Solar roadways is a company with an ambitious vision for a new energy future. Solar panels are much more expensive than asphalt on a per square foot basis and repair costs are also high compared to filling in potholes or repaving sections of road. In 2009 the federal highway administration fha awarded solar roadways a contract to construct a prototype.

Scott and julie had known each other since they were small children in southern california in the 1960 s when roads and highways looked well just like they do today read more. To replace all concrete and asphalt surfaces including the 4 million miles of roads and streets in the united states with solar road panels. Our panels contain led lights to create lines and signage without paint. They contain heating elements to prevent snow and ice accumulation.

Welcome to solar roadways solar roadways sr is a modular system of specially engineered solar panels that can be walked and driven upon. The plan would effectively transform our country s entire transportation network into one massive power plant. The us federal highway administration paid for the couple to produce a working prototype which they did and then again to expand the concept into an operational parking lot setup. The concept has been criticized as unfeasible and uneconomic as a road surface or a photovoltaic system.

The world began to. The brusaws developed their first 12 x12 panel in february 2010. Roughly 25 out of 30 panels installed in a prototype solar road in idaho broke within a week after the project received 3 9 million in funding and 6 5 years of development. Despite massive internet hype the prototype of the solar road can t be driven on hasn t generate any electricity and 75 percent of the panels were broken before they were even installed.