Solar Roadways

The provinces of North Holland and North Brabant in the Netherlands are each looking to cycle paths as a way to generate renewable energy

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Renewable energy rides solar cycle paths through Dutch provinces

The Dutch love to cycle. So much so that there are more than 35,000 km of cycle paths snaking through the Netherlands. Two of those bike routes have now been topped with photovoltaic cells to produce renewable energy while they face skyward.

Solar Roadways has programmed a few random LED patterns, but the City of Sandpoint plans to allow the public to interact with and change the displays

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Sandpoint town square home to first public Solar Roadways panel installation

Over 2 years after the laying a bunch of solar harvesting hexagonal panels at its Idaho electronics lab Solar Roadways has completed its first public installation. The City of Sandpoint, Idaho, is playing host to the proof of concept roll out, with 30 tiles now brightening up a town square.

Scott and Julie Brusaw relax on the new parking lot

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Solar Roadways installs energy harvesting parking lot

The Solar Roadways project has released photos of an (almost) completed parking lot installation at its Idaho electronics lab, and is dipping into crowd-funding waters with a campaign to raise funds for the move into commercial production.

University of Rhode Island graduate student Andrew Correia (left) and Prof. K. Wayne Lee, measuring the solar energy generated by a patch of asphalt

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Four ways to harvest solar heat from roads

Researchers are looking into ways of harvesting the solar heat that is stored in asphalt roads.