Solar Panel Roadway Prototype

Solar roadways incorporated is an american company based in sandpoint idaho aiming to develop solar powered road panels to form a smart highway.

Solar panel roadway prototype.

Solar roadways sr is a modular system of specially engineered solar panels that can be walked and driven upon. One estimate puts the cost of replacing the country s roads with solar roadway s prototype product at 56 trillion. Nearly three years after france built a 0 6 mile stretch of photovoltaic road in normandy the government is deeming it a disappointing experiment. 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.

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 power highways are hitting a roadblock. The panels have microprocessors which makes them intelligent. Our panels contain led lights to create lines and signage without paint.