France Roads Solar Panels

The world s first solar road is here in the small village of tourouvre au perche in normandy france.

France roads solar panels. The 1 kilometer road was opened yesterday by french ecology minister ségolène royal and could. They believed that the completed roadway would be able to one. Solar power highways are hitting a roadblock. This is a fairly common issue.

Panels came loose which led them not to fit with each other anymore it also helped cars trucks and tractors to break. The first 1km of solar roadway was built in normandy france in 2016 with then ecology minister segolene royal dropping by to mark the occasion. Nearly three years after france built a 0 6 mile stretch of photovoltaic road in normandy the government is deeming it a disappointing experiment. France wants to build more than 600 miles of solar roads the solar panel roadways could generate power for up to 5 million people or 8 percent of the country s population.

Last week france s minister of ecology and energy announced that the country will pave 621 miles of road with solar panels over the next five years with the goal of providing cheap renewable. The wattway as the french solar road installation is known is disintegrating much more quickly than its builders anticipated. In 2016 the french government in conjunction with the company colas built a one kilometer long road covered in solar panels in a small village in normandy for 5 2 million. In 2016 france put forth an audacious plan to build 620 miles 1 000 kilometers of solar highways composed of photovoltaic panels.