Interesting article, the first time I heard about Solar Road it was an experiment that the Dutch did with putting solar cells under a bike path.
BTW, I expect that the village already had electrified street lighting (not still running gas lamps, to be lit every evening, like 100 years ago) but that they want the solar road to balance the power consumption of that street lighting. BTW, I see a lot of efficient LED street lights these days, which helps cities to cut down on their power bill. Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info http://www.proxim.com This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential and proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you received this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of this message is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of ken via EV Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 8:43 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: [EVDL] Solar Road in France France's Minister of Environment Ségolène Royal has officially opened the world's first solar road this week with one kilometer and 2,880 solar panels in Tourouvre-au-Perche. Now the country is waiting to see if the road, built with construction company Colas' Wattway technology, will live up to the hype surrounding the clean energy experiment. The road is designed to produce sufficient power to electrify street lighting in the 3,400-person village. http://inhabitat.com/france-officially-opens-worlds-first-solar-panel-road/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
