France Roads Solar Panels

This is a fairly common issue.

France roads solar panels.

The pilot which cost 5 million was the result of. Le monde describes the road as pale with its ragged joints with solar panels that peel off the road and the many splinters that enamel resin protecting photovoltaic cells it s a poor sign for. Panels came loose which led them not to fit with each other anymore it also helped cars trucks and tractors to break. The first 1km of solar roadway was built in normandy france in 2016 with then ecology minister segolene royal dropping by to mark the occasion.

Last week france s minister of ecology and energy announced that the country will pave 621 miles of road with solar panels over the next five years with the goal of providing cheap renewable. The french solar road is so deteriorated it is not worth repairing anymore. The wattway as the french solar road installation is known is disintegrating much more quickly than its builders anticipated. The world s first solar road is here in the small village of tourouvre au perche in normandy france.

France wants to build more than 600 miles of solar roads the solar panel roadways could generate power for up to 5 million people or 8 percent of the country s population. They believed that the completed roadway would be able to one. In 2016 the french government in conjunction with the company colas built a one kilometer long road covered in solar panels in a small village in normandy for 5 2 million. Nearly three years after france built a 0 6 mile stretch of photovoltaic road in normandy the government is deeming it a disappointing experiment.