First Solar Panel Road France

An automobile drives on a solar panel road during its inauguration in tourouvre normandy northwestern france dec.

First solar panel road france.

In 2016 france turned a one kilometer stretch of roadway into the world s first solar road. Benoit tessier reuters france has just opened what it claims is the first. A 1km 0 6 mile route in the small village of tourouvre au perche covered with 2 800 sq m of. It was all smiles and high hopes in 2016 when the world s first solar panel road called wattway opened.

France spent 5 2 million on 0 6 miles of road and 30 000 square feet of solar panels. In 2016 france put forth an audacious plan to build 620 miles 1 000 kilometers of solar highways composed of photovoltaic panels. The world s first solar highway has been opened in france in the not very sunny village of tourouvre au perche in normandy. Spanning one kilometer with 2 880 solar panels in tourouvre au perche this road is a revolutionary idea.

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. France has opened what it claims to be the world s first solar panel road in a normandy village. And three years later the trial project has turned out to be an absolute disaster french newspaper le. 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.

France opened what they say is the first solar panel road in the world paved with colas wattway system near normandy. They believed that the completed roadway would be able to one. Before the solar powered road was opened road panels were tested at four parks across france. The roadway is just one kilometre 0 6mi long but that still works out.