Failed Solar Panel Road

France has opened what it claims to be the world s first solar panel road in a normandy village.

Failed solar panel road.

Our panels contain led lights to create lines and signage without paint. France s failed solar roadway the wattway in france consists of 2 800 photovoltaic panels running the length of one kilometer 0 62 miles stretching from the small town of tourouvre au perche. Nearly three years after france built a 0 6 mile stretch of photovoltaic road in normandy the government is deeming it a disappointing experiment. Now some years after the first solar roads opened for business they re well an abysmal failure.

Le monde describes the road as pale with its ragged joints with solar panels that peel off the road and the many splinters that enamel resin protecting photovoltaic cells it s a poor sign for. Solar power highways are hitting a roadblock. They contain heating elements to prevent snow and ice accumulation. Perhaps introducing a roadway cover that extends above the road with solar panels on top could be a possible solution.

The panels deteriorated quickly and failed to generate the amount of electricity hoped for. The french government s bold plan to pave 1 000km of highways with photovoltaic panels over five years seems unlikely to go ahead following the failure of a trial solar road in normandy. Welcome to solar roadways solar roadways sr is a modular system of specially engineered solar panels that can be walked and driven upon. A 1km 0 6 mile route in the small village of tourouvre au perche covered with 2 800 sq m of.

The trial road was meant to produce about 150 000 kwh a year which is enough power to provide light for up to 5 000 people every day. According to french newspaper le monde the roadway building effort failed in part because the. Instead it was making just under 80 000 in 2018 and fewer than 40 000 by july 2019. Thunderstorms also reportedly broke solar panels on the road.