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.

Golmud s workers have a history of building grand projects including the qinghai tibet highway which was constructed in the 1950s and is memorialized at a park in golmud. It spans 5 875 sq m and is capable of generating up to 1gwh every year enough to power 800 homes. The two kilometre long highway located in jinan could charge electric cars as they are travelling on it. Engineers hope that soon it will wirelessly power electric.

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. According to state run cctv the jinan expressway has unique features and strength. China is billing the project as the world s first photovoltaic highway. The solar power highway is expected to produce 280 mwh of electricity a year enough to power the village s street lights.

In late 2016 a village in france opened what it claimed was the world s first solar panel road running for about the same. While the netherlands built a solar bike path in 2014. 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. Why china s solar highway is special.

France boasted the world s first solar panel road in late 2016 but that only covered half the area of the chinese version. The move has been hailed by the developers as another major breakthrough in the field of photovoltaic pavements. 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.