China Solar Power Highway

In late 2017 china opened its 1km solar highway in the shandong province s capital jinan south of beijing.

China solar power highway.

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. According to state run cctv the jinan expressway has unique features and strength. In late 2016 a village in france opened what it claimed was the world s first solar panel road running for about the same.

China is building a 2 km stretch of solar highway that will be able to generate electricity from sunlight. While the netherlands built a solar bike path in 2014. China is billing the project as the world s first photovoltaic highway. France boasted the world s first solar panel road in late 2016 but that only covered half the area of the chinese version.

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. 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. The solar power highway is expected to produce 280 mwh of electricity a year enough to power the village s street lights. Why china s solar highway is special.

The two lane road covers 5 875 square meters and can. Engineers hope that soon it will wirelessly power electric. The two kilometre long highway located in jinan could charge electric cars as they are travelling on it.