France opened the world's first highway with a "solar" cover

Plot the world's first highway, the coating is made of special solar panels, was opened Thursday for the movement of vehicles in the West of France. The opening ceremony was attended by the Minister of ecology, sustainable development and energy Segolene Royal.


Addressing the gathering, she expressed the hope that "this technology will be of interest to other countries." "In the course of the UN conference on climate change in Marrakech in November this year, the booth, where were presented the project, visited with interest the representatives of China, Morocco and several African countries," — said the Minister. She noted that "the use of surface roads to accommodate panels that turn the energy of sunlight into electricity, allowing you to save the land suitable for agriculture". Experimental road site is located in Normandy in the town of Turov. The operation was handed over only the first kilometer of the route, which housed the solar panels with a total area of 28 sq. km. Outwardly of panels with solar panels similar to the blocks of hard dark rubber.


The project of the state have received financial support in the amount of €5 million, should allow you to receive and store electricity, sufficient to light the town with 5 thousand inhabitants. As reported by the Royal development plan in France, the "sun road", which will be approved in 2017, provides for the establishment of such coatings on 1 thousand kilometers in five years. Solar panels as a road surface was in the form of an experiment first used two years ago in the Netherlands, where he opened such a site wlodarski, which is used in day about 2 thousand cyclists. In the initial phase of the experiment showed that very rapid wear of the surface of solar cells, especially in the winter. In the future, the Dutch developers have managed to overcome this deficiency. Also Germany plans now to create a test area first "solar highway" near Cologne. published

 

Source: www.energy-fresh.ru/news/?id=13981

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