Solar FREAKIN’ Roadways!

Solar Roadways is a modular paving system of solar panels that can withstand the heaviest of trucks (250,000 pounds). These Solar Road Panels can be installed on roads, parking lots, driveways, sidewalks, bike paths, playgrounds… literally any surface under the sun. They pay for themselves primarily through the generation of electricity, which can power homes and businesses connected via driveways and parking lots. A nationwide system could produce more clean renewable energy than a country uses as a whole.

They have many other features as well, including: heating elements to stay snow/ice free, LEDs to make road lines and signage, and attached Cable Corridor to store and treat stormwater and provide a “home” for power and data cables.

EVs will be able to charge with energy from the sun (instead of fossil fuels) from parking lots and driveways and after a roadway system is in place, mutual induction technology will allow for charging while driving. 

The glass surface has been tested for traction, load testing, and impact resistance testing in civil engineering laboratories around the country, and exceeded all requirements.

Graphic artist: Katherine Simons
Graphic artist: Katherine Simons

The implementation of our concept on a grand scale could  create thousands of jobs in the U.S. and around the world. It could allow us all the ability to manufacture our way out of our current economic crisis.

Graphic artist: Katherine Simons
Graphic artist: Katherine Simons

Solar Roadways is a modular system that will modernize our aging infrastructure with an intelligent system that can become the new Smart Grid.

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Graphic artist: Katherine Simons

Solar Roadways was chosen by Google to be one of their Moonshots in May of 2013.

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Graphic artist: Sam Cornett

Source:

From their indiegogo.com project.

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