First Solar Panel Road France

The world s first solar road is here in the small village of tourouvre au perche in normandy france.

First solar panel road france.

It was all smiles and high hopes in 2016 when the world s first solar panel road called wattway opened. Spanning one kilometer with 2 880 solar panels in tourouvre au perche this road is a revolutionary idea. Benoit tessier reuters france has just opened what it claims is the first. The world s first solar highway has been opened in france in the not very sunny village of tourouvre au perche in normandy.

France opened what they say is the first solar panel road in the world paved with colas wattway system near normandy. 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. 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.

They believed that the completed roadway would be able to one. The roadway is just one kilometre 0 6mi long but that still works out. In 2016 france put forth an audacious plan to build 620 miles 1 000 kilometers of solar highways composed of photovoltaic panels. 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 newspaper le. A 1km 0 6 mile route in the small village of tourouvre au perche covered with 2 800 sq m of. 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. Before the solar powered road was opened road panels were tested at four parks across france.