Road Solar Panels Fails

Nearly three years after france built a 0 6 mile stretch of photovoltaic road in normandy the government is deeming it a disappointing experiment.

Road solar panels fails.

The french government s bold plan to pave 1 000km of highways with photovoltaic panels over five years seems unlikely to go ahead following the failure of a trial solar road in normandy. Instead it was making just under 80 000 in 2018 and fewer than 40 000 by july 2019. Thunderstorms also reportedly broke solar panels on the road. The 1 km long by 2 8 m wide road of solar panels is in part damaged beyond repair and is not producing the power that the manufacturer wattway had promised.

The panels deteriorated quickly and failed to generate the amount of electricity hoped for. Le monde describes the road as pale with its ragged joints with solar panels that peel off the road and the many splinters that enamel resin protecting photovoltaic cells it s a poor sign for. Solar power highways are hitting a roadblock. Pale splinters of resin have broken off the surface and the end of the road is now truncated.