France boasted the world s first solar panel road in late 2016 but that only covered half the area of the chinese version.
China solar power highway.
The two lane road covers 5 875 square meters and can.
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.
China is billing the project as the world s first photovoltaic 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 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.
Why china s solar highway is special.
Engineers hope that soon it will wirelessly power electric.
People in golmud population 200 000 take great pride in the frontunner solar power installation.
While the netherlands built a solar bike path in 2014.
In late 2016 a village in france opened what it claimed was the world s first solar panel road running for about the same.
The two kilometre long highway located in jinan could charge electric cars as they are travelling on it.
The move has been hailed by the developers as another major breakthrough in the field of photovoltaic pavements.
The solar power highway is expected to produce 280 mwh of electricity a year enough to power the village s street lights.
According to state run cctv the jinan expressway has unique features and strength.