Solar Panels Road Netherlands

A solar road surface for a bike path is thus under orders of magnitude less stress than a vehicular road surface.

Solar panels road netherlands.

The dutch water management agency plans to install solar panels along both sides of the a37 highway in drenthe province as well as on the median strip to cover 300 hectares in total. The path was formally opened in november 2014 by the dutch minister. Solaroad in krommenie the netherlands will be the world s first cycle path with embedded solar panels. A solar bike path trial in the netherlands has exceeded all expectations and will now be rolled out to a road with heavier traffic.

American company solar roadways is hoping to turn highways smart using solar panels sensors and led lights for traffic. The netherlands made headlines last year when it built the world s first solar road an energy harvesting bike path paved with glass coated solar panels. Set to open next week the 70 metre path is the first solar road in the world a proof of concept that engineers around the world are eager to copy. A bike path that services 2 000 cyclists per day as they travel between the suburbs of krommenie and wormerveer in amsterdam is now dotted with solar panels.

Now six months into the trial engineers say the system is working even better than expected with the 70 metre test bike path generating 3 000 kwh or enough electricity to power a small household for a year. The solaroad is the world s first bike path made from solar panels and is a prototype project testing the feasibility of various proposals for smart highways the 72 metre 236 ft path opened in the week of 21 october 2014 and was designed by a consortium of organizations which built the pathway in krommenie netherlands. For now the entire project is a proof of concept demonstration. A solar panel road is also being tested near amsterdam s schiphol airport.

On 12 november a 70 metre stretch will become the world s first public road with.