First Solar Panel Road France

Before the solar powered road was opened road panels were tested at four parks across france.

First solar panel road france. France has opened what it claims to be the world s first solar panel road in a normandy village. France spent 5 2 million on 0 6 miles of road and 30 000 square feet of solar panels. 2 880 solar panels now adorn the rd5 road in a normandy village in france. They believed that the completed roadway would be able to one.

The 1 kilometer road was opened yesterday by french ecology minister ségolène royal and could. It was all smiles and high hopes in 2016 when the world s first solar panel road called wattway opened. 23 december 2016 french officials have opened the world s first solar road in the region of normandy unveiling a 1 kilometre long 0 6 mile long route covered in 2 880 photovoltaic panels. France opened what they say is the first solar panel road in the world paved with colas wattway system near normandy.

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. An automobile drives on a solar panel road during its inauguration in tourouvre normandy northwestern france dec. In 2016 france put forth an audacious plan to build 620 miles 1 000 kilometers of solar highways composed of photovoltaic panels.

The trial roadway called wattway passes through the small town of tourouvre au perche. A 1km 0 6 mile route in the small village of tourouvre au perche covered with 2 800 sq m of. In 2016 france turned a one kilometer stretch of roadway into the world s first solar road. 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.