Solar Panel Roads Hoax

Why the solar roadway is a terrible idea.

Solar panel roads hoax.

The great green energy hoax. A solar roadway is any road that has some sort of solar panel technology attached to its surface thus producing electricity while also supporting the cars and trucks that drive on it. The panels have microprocessors which makes them intelligent. Then in 2011 the dot followed up its initial support with a 750 000 grant to assist solar roadways in developing a second parking lot demonstration array with solar cells led lights and a.

Solar panel access laws for hoas. We even ran a story back in 2014 about how solar panel roads are a bad idea for all the reasons you d expect. California established the solar rights act in 1978 which limits the ability of hoas and local governments to prevent the installation of solar panel systems. Our panels contain led lights to create lines and signage without paint.

In addition all property owners in the golden state enjoy solar easement rights which they can carry out on a case by case basis with. If we still had to build current roads plus pay for the canopies the cost would likely be so high that taxes would have to be raised to cover it. The sun s rays can hit some roads for up to 90 percent of the daylight hours so companies in europe and the u s. They contain heating elements to prevent snow and ice accumulation.

They would pay for the solar road with non existent money. Even first solar america s biggest solar panel maker and the recipient of 3 billion in government loan guarantees finds itself in big trouble. By steve tobak. While an interesting and innovative way to generate solar power solar roadways are far from being a realistic.

The government will raise taxes regardless as this is a worthy project reminiscent of fdr and the new deal thus a plausible. Most roads in the u s. Roads go up and down hills have banks on curves going both left and right and have a typical three percent crown on both sides to allow stormwater runoff. Are made from asphalt.

So southern roads will naturally produce much more electricity than their northern counterparts as solar intensity maps show. Their proof of concept technology is a hexagonal road panel that has a glass driving surface with underlying solar cells electronics and sensors to act as a part of solar array with programmable capability. Unfortunately we can t angle roads or parking lots.