GEN Solution Library/Bicycle roads catching solar energy

About the challenge

Sustainable energy harvesting combining space efficiency. Solar panels function as road tiles simultaniously.

Description

A Dutch project that integrates solar panels into a bike commuter path has opened in November 2014 on a special roadway outside Amsterdam. Power generated by the SolaRoad's panels will be funneled into the national energy grid. The project is being called the world's first public road that includes embedded solar cells. In the U.S., an Indiegogo campaign for the Idaho-based Solar Roadways project raised $2.2 million earlier in 2014 to pursue a more elaborate vision. It would integrate features such as LED lights and heating elements into structurally engineered road panels.

Areas of impact

Ecology

  • Renewable Energy & Transport.

See also

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Authors Ernesto Sun
License CC-BY-SA-4.0
Organizations Global Ecovillages NetworkGEN Europe
Ported from https://www.ecovillage.org/solution/bicycle-roads-catching-solar-energy/ (original)
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