The world's first solar road has turned out to be a colossal failure (tr)

Business Insider ^ | 8/13/2019 | Ruqayyah Moynihan and Lidia Montes, Business Insider España

[RightGeek]

I bet a snow plow could strip those solar panels right off.

[rktman]

WTH!!!! Anyone told Greta yet? It might ruin her day.👍😂

[BenLurkin]

[DoughtyOne]

Bike paths would have been a better bet.

Vehicles put a lot of stress on a highway.

[Lockbox]

The most difficult part was getting the French drivers to drive at exactly 50 mph which is 80.4672 KMH. At 50 mph the road bed would move up and down to generate a 50 hz pulse wave for the three phase AC electricity.

Of course in the USA we would need to drive exactly 60 mph...…..

[ctdonath2]

There’s a reason we build roads out of flexible rock.

[xp38]

If this is a road of solar panels the stupidity level is off the chart on this one.

[DoughtyOne]

I’m no expert on roadway materials, but that makes sense. Static materials would probably do just what this roadway did.

[TexasGator]

You are mixing ENGLISH and metric units.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

This is what happens when non-engineer snowflakes insist they know more than engineers.

[aquila48]

“The original aim was to produce 790 kWh each day, a quantity that could illuminate a population of between 3,000 and 5,000 inhabitants.”

Note the words used - “illuminate” meaning power the light bulbs of a house, nor run the whole household.

Given that a typical family uses roughly 24kwh/day, 790kwh would hardly be enough for 30 households, not 3000.

[fproy2222]

I am glade they tried. We need a better way to generate electricity for all out power hungry habits.

That is the way of advancement. Try, fail, try ,fail, try fail, until try suicide.

[fruser1]

I could’ve built them something just as bad for half the price.

[RightGeek]

Thanks for perspective

[ontap]

My goodness....who would have guessed!!!

[dsrtsage]

Maybe next week time they can try just imbedding the matrix with piezoelectric stones. Thanks, dumbasses

[crusty old prospector]

There is no free lunch.

[Amendment10]

France should be commended for helping to pioneer approaches to solar energy technology. I’m sure that French inventors, as well as inventors around the world, will learn from mistakes.

[chrisser]

Wouldn’t they have been better off putting the panels over the road, like a roof?

Would have kept rain and snow off and reduced sun glare. Plus not destroying the panels by driving over them.

[Chode]

do I really have to say it???