First Solar Panel Road France

France bets big on unproven technology.

First solar panel road france.

The netherlands has laid the world s first solar road we go eyes on to investigate solar roadways passes 1 4 million in crowdfunding. France s failed solar roadway the wattway in france consists of 2 800 photovoltaic panels running the length of one kilometer 0 62 miles stretching from the small town of tourouvre au perche. France has opened what it claims to be the world s first solar panel road in a normandy village. The world s first solar highway has been opened in france in the not very sunny village of tourouvre au perche in normandy.

In 2016 france turned a one kilometer stretch of roadway into the world s first solar road and three years later the trial project has turned out to be an absolute disaster french. France bet big on what they say is the first solar panel road in the world. The 1 kilometer road was opened yesterday by french ecology minister. Just short of the 56 trillion required but not bad.

France s failed solar roadway the wattway in france consists of 2 800 photovoltaic panels running the length of one kilometer 0 62 miles stretching from the small town of tourouvre au perche. They have shelled out 5 million euros around 5 2 million for construction. The world s first solar road is here in the small village of tourouvre au perche in normandy france. It was all smiles and high hopes in 2016 when the world s first solar panel road called wattway opened.

The roadway is just one kilometre 0 6mi long but that still works. Resin including five layers of silicon covers the solar panels to ensure their resilience against damage.