China Solar Power Highway

China has opened a 1 kilometer long solar road in jinan the capitol of shandong province south of beijing.

China solar power highway.

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. Though china is the largest clean energy market in the world wind and solar only accounted for 5 2 percent and 2 5 percent of china s national power generation in 2018 says kevin tu former china program manager at the international energy agency and now a fellow with the center on global energy policy at columbia university. It spans 5 875 sq m and is capable of generating up to 1gwh every year enough to power 800 homes.

Why china s solar highway is special. China has successfully tested its first solar powered highway opening the one kilometer stretch of road to traffic ahead of plans to use it to recharge electric cars. The two lane road covers 5 875 square meters and can generate up to 1 million kilowatt. What is china s solar highway.

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. China is building a 2 km stretch of solar highway that will be able to generate electricity from sunlight. China is billing the project as the world s first photovoltaic highway. A stretch of solar in jinan.

In late 2016 a village in france opened what it claimed was the world s first solar panel. France boasted the world s first solar panel road in late 2016 but that only covered half the area of the chinese version. While the netherlands built a solar bike path in 2014. 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 solar power highway is expected to produce 280 mwh of electricity a year enough to power the village s street lights.