First Solar Panel Road France

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

First solar panel road france.

France spent 5 2 million on 0 6 miles of road and 30 000 square feet of solar panels. The world s first solar highway has been opened in france in the not very sunny village of tourouvre au perche in normandy. A 1km 0 6 mile route in the small village of tourouvre au perche covered with 2 800 sq m of. Before the solar powered road was opened road panels were tested at four parks across france.

The world s first solar road is here in the small village of tourouvre au perche in normandy france. The roadway is just one kilometre 0 6mi long but that still works out. France is now waiting to see if the current portion of the plan which has been built with construction company colas wattway technology will fulfill the desires of the clean energy experiment. The world s first solar panel road opens in france france s minister of environment ségolène royal has officially opened the world s first solar panel road this week.

Benoit tessier reuters france has just opened what it claims is the first. In 2016 france put forth an audacious plan to build 620 miles 1 000 kilometers of solar highways composed of photovoltaic panels. France opened what they say is the first solar panel road in the world paved with colas wattway system near normandy. Spanning one kilometer with 2 880 solar panels in tourouvre au perche this road is a revolutionary idea.

It was all smiles and high hopes in 2016 when the world s first solar panel road called wattway opened. 2 880 solar panels now adorn the rd5 road in a normandy village in france. An automobile drives on a solar panel road during its inauguration in tourouvre normandy northwestern france dec. The 1 kilometer road was opened yesterday by french ecology minister ségolène royal and could.