China Solar Power Highway

A stretch of solar in jinan.

China solar power highway.

While the netherlands built a solar bike path in 2014. The solar power highway is expected to produce 280 mwh of electricity a year enough to power the village s street lights. The road to china s autonomous driving future is paved with solar panels mapping sensors and electric battery rechargers as the nation tests an intelligent highway that could speed the. China has successfully tested its first solar powered highway opening the one kilometer stretch of road to traffic ahead of plans to use it to recharge electric cars.

The two lane road covers 5 875 square meters and can generate up to 1 million kilowatt. In late 2016 a village in france opened what it claimed was the world s first solar panel. Why china s solar highway is special. Though china is the largest clean energy market in the world wind and solar only accounted for 5 2 percent and 2 5 percent of china s national power generation in 2018 says kevin tu former china program manager at the international energy agency and now a fellow with the center on global energy policy at columbia university.

China is billing the project as the world s first photovoltaic highway. In late 2017 china opened its 1km solar highway in the shandong province s capital jinan south of beijing. What is china s solar highway. Engineers hope that soon it will wirelessly power electric.

China has opened a 1 kilometer long solar road in jinan the capitol of shandong province south of beijing. China is building a 2 km stretch of solar highway that will be able to generate electricity from sunlight. According to state run cctv the jinan expressway has unique features and strength. The two kilometre long highway located in jinan could charge electric cars as they are travelling on it.

China is building a 1 2 mile 2 km stretch of solar highway meaning solar panels on the road will be powering the towns surrounding it.