Solar roadways: The prototype
Monday, July 26th, 2010
The Solar Roadway is a series of structurally-engineered solar panels that are driven upon. The idea is to replace all current petroleum-based asphalt roads, parking lots, and driveways with Solar Road Panels that collect energy to be used by our homes and businesses. Our ultimate goal is to be able to store excess energy in or alongside the Solar Roadways. This renewable energy replaces the need for the current fossil fuels used for the generation of electricity. This, in turn, cuts greenhouse gases literally in half.
[via Dale Allyn]
interesting for sure but I wander what the cost would be..
Edward: These things have a high initial cost but that gets overrun by a lower long term cost.
Great idea. I hope it works.