China Solar Power Highway

The solar road developed by the qilu transportation development group was opened thursday in jinan the capital city of china s shandong province a year after the project was initially launched.

China solar power highway.

While the netherlands built a solar bike path in 2014. Why china s solar highway is special. Engineers hope that soon it will wirelessly power electric. China is building a 2 km stretch of solar highway that will be able to generate electricity from sunlight.

It spans 5 875 sq m and is capable of generating up to 1gwh every year enough to power 800 homes. People in golmud population 200 000 take great pride in the frontunner solar power installation. In late 2017 china opened its 1km solar highway in the shandong province s capital jinan south of beijing. France boasted the world s first solar panel road in late 2016 but that only covered half the area of the chinese version.

The solar power highway is expected to produce 280 mwh of electricity a year enough to power the village s street lights. The two kilometre long highway located in jinan could charge electric cars as they are travelling on it. China is billing the project as the world s first photovoltaic highway. The two lane road covers 5 875 square meters and can.

The move has been hailed by the developers as another major breakthrough in the field of photovoltaic pavements. According to state run cctv the jinan expressway has unique features and strength. December 30th 2017 by steve hanley china has opened a 1 kilometer long solar road in jinan the capitol of shandong province south of beijing.