Are experimenting with building solar panel.
China solar panel road.
Engineers hope that soon it will wirelessly power electric.
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.
The road to china s autonomous driving future is paved with solar panels mapping sensors and electric battery rechargers as the nation tests an intelligent highway that could speed the.
The solar highway which comprises photovoltaic panels covered with a thin layer of concrete supposedly to protect them forms part of jinan s ring road system.
Recently the city of jinan built china s very first solar road which lasted about a week until someone stole it.
The road opened on december 28 and on january 2 an inspection team noticed a.
Charly triballeau afp getty images before the solar powered road called wattway was opened on the rd5 road the panels were tested.
It spans 5 875 sq m and is capable of generating up to 1gwh every year enough to power 800 homes.
In late 2016 a village in france opened what it claimed was the world s first solar panel road running for about the same.
Ségolène royal inaugurates the solar panel road.
China is billing the project as the world s first photovoltaic highway.
In late 2017 china opened its 1km solar highway in the shandong province s capital jinan south of beijing.