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 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. France spent 5 2 million on 0 6 miles of road and 30 000 square feet of solar panels. They have shelled out 5 million euros around 5 2 million for construction. France bets big on unproven technology.

The 1 kilometer road was opened yesterday by french ecology minister. 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. Resin including five layers of silicon covers the solar panels to ensure their resilience against damage. 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.

A 1km 0 6 mile route in the small village of tourouvre au perche covered with 2 800 sq m of. Just short of the 56 trillion required but not bad. The netherlands has laid the world s first solar road we go eyes on to investigate solar roadways passes 1 4 million in crowdfunding. It was all smiles and high hopes in 2016 when the world s first solar panel road called wattway opened.

The world s first solar highway has been opened in france in the not very sunny village of tourouvre au perche in normandy. The roadway is just one kilometre 0 6mi long but that still works.