Solar Energy Green Energy in the UK, especially the solar industry, has been through some huge highs and lows. Solar[...]
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Richard Platt's curator insight,
May 11, 2015 7:04 PM
In the first six months since it was installed, the panels beneath the road have generated over 3,000kwh. This is enough to provide a single-person household with electricity for a year. "If we translate this to an annual yield, we expect more than the 70kwh per square metre per year," says Sten de Wit, spokesman for SolaRoad, which has been developed by a public-private partnership. "We predicted [this] as an upper limit in the laboratory stage. We can therefore conclude that it was a successful first half year." The project took cheap mass-produced solar panels and sandwiched them between layers of glass, silicon rubber and concrete. "This version can have a fire brigade truck of 12 tonnes without any damage," said Arian de Bondt, a director at Ooms Civiel, one of consortium of companies working together on the pilot project.
chris's curator insight,
May 12, 2015 6:35 PM
Never thought of this but it makes sense, given the heat asphalt absorbs daily. |
Richard Platt's curator insight,
September 12, 2020 2:27 PM
Been looking at this solar panels on homes technology for the last 10 years, and I think we have a better than Elon Musk's solar roof tiles with the example that I've seen here in this video, and by the looks of it, a whole lot less to put up, maintain and get the benefit from and that all-important payback for your investment (your ROI) for putting these solar panels up...Have a look and let me know what you think?
Group 3 - Betelgeuse's curator insight,
January 14, 2021 7:44 AM
"As globalization cause countries to use farmlands and forest for industrialization, people who benefit from these lands are affected. We all know that technological advancement is what's causing all of this, but it could also be the solution. Constructing solar panels on slightly on the top of farm crops while taking advantage of the large scale of occupation will not only help preserve the crops but provide energy without removing any property. |
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