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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: bad Chad on July 22, 2016, 04:35:56 PM
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As a member of "The Clan" I am privy to much you plebs are not. I found this out on the "clan" members only web site. If it works out, it might be a significant breakthrough, though I'm not going to hold my breath!
PHOTOVOLTAIC ROADS, A “MADE IN FRANCE” PROJECT
A thousand kilometres of road will be paved with solar panels instead of asphalt.
This is the project that has just been approved and funded by the French government. It will take five years and between 200 and 300 million euros to complete the section, but if the initiative is successful it will provide energy for 5 million families (8% of France’s population) for 20 years.
The construction and installation of the photovoltaic panels will be carried out by Colas. Called Wattway panels, they cannot be damaged by motorcycles or cars and not even by trucks or articulated lorries. Sunlight will be captured by various layers of 7 mm-thick polycrystalline silicon which can stand up to heavy weights and do not need special installation procedures. It won’t be necessary to remove existing road surfaces as the panels can be applied on top and the job is done. In optimal conditions, each 20-square-metre panel can provide enough energy for a whole house. An innovative way to take advantage of an infrastructure that on average is used by vehicles only 10% of the time. Clever, isn’t it?
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We had a thread on this subject probably a couple of months back , seems WG is still way ahead of the other sites , sorry Chad :laugh:
Dusty
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Heck if it lasts for 20yrs they should use it instead of asphalt or concrete everywhere. The current stuff only lasts about 10yrs before cracking and developing ruts (if that long).
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Heck if it lasts for 20yrs they should use it instead of asphalt or concrete everywhere. The current stuff only lasts about 10yrs before cracking and developing ruts (if that long).
If they're doing it in the next 5 years, they'd better get on the stick, because there hasn't been a word about it for 6 months now.
Hmm, government-subsidized production (not in production yet), big payments to get it going, not going yet ....
Perhaps Solyndra will do the production and installation and folks will drive their Elios on it?
Lannis
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Put slots and conductors in the road and make full sized versions of my Eldon slot cars. No battery technology needed!