Solar Panels France Road

A 1km 0 6 mile route in the small village of tourouvre au perche covered with 2 800 sq m of.

Solar panels france road.

Given that solar roads. France spent us 5 2 million on 0 6 miles 1 kilometre of road and 30 000 square feet 3 000 square metres of solar panels. 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. The first 1km of solar roadway was built in normandy france in 2016 with then ecology minister segolene royal dropping by to mark the occasion.

The world s first solar road is here in the small village of tourouvre au perche in normandy france. The 1 kilometer road was opened yesterday by french ecology minister. Nearly three years after france built a 0 6 mile stretch of photovoltaic road in normandy the government is deeming it a disappointing experiment. The french minister for energy said she wanted to have solar panels on one.

France has opened what it claims to be the world s first solar panel road in a normandy village. In 2016 france turned a one kilometer stretch of roadway into the world s first solar road and three years later the trial project has turned out to be an absolute disaster french. Now the road s 2 800 sq m of solar panels have degraded peeled away and splintered and 100m of them have been removed after being declared too damaged to repair. 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.

Solar power highways are hitting a roadblock. The kilometre long test road was opened by former french environment minister ségolène royal near the small town of tourouvre au perche in the orne on 22 december 2016. The pilot which cost 5 million was the result of. It was hailed as the longest solar road in the world.