First Solar Panel Road France

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

First solar panel road france.

Before the solar powered road was opened road panels were tested at four parks across france. It was all smiles and high hopes in 2016 when the world s first solar panel road called wattway opened. France has opened what it claims to be the world s first solar panel road in a normandy village. 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.

And three years later the trial project has turned out to be an absolute disaster french newspaper le. The world s first solar road is here in the small village of tourouvre au perche in normandy france. 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 highway has been opened in france in the not very sunny village of tourouvre au perche in normandy.

An automobile drives on a solar panel road during its inauguration in tourouvre normandy northwestern france dec. 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. Spanning one kilometer with 2 880 solar panels in tourouvre au perche this road is a revolutionary idea. They believed that the completed roadway would be able to one.

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. The 1 kilometer road was opened yesterday by french ecology minister ségolène royal and could. The roadway is just one kilometre 0 6mi long but that still works out.