Waching daily Dec 29 2017

China's solar expressway meets light of day

The road surface is made of a transparent weight-bearing material that allows sunlight to penetrate

The panels covering five thousand eight hundred seventy five square meters can generate 1 million

kWh of power in the year enough to meet the everyday demand of around 800 households

according to killer transportation Development Group the project developer

The project will save the space for building solar farms and shorten the transmission the distance subs you chunk foo the group's chairman

Electricity produced by the test section will be used to power highway lights

signboards surveillance cameras tunnel and toll gate facilities surplus power will be supplied to the state grid Xue said

future functions to be developed include mobile charging for electric vehicles in providing internet connection

the road has a designed life of 20 years it has three layers a

Concrete layer pervious to light on top thin amorphous silicon panels in the middle a waterproof insulates protection layer at the bottom

The top layer has good flexibility which can both withstand the pressure of large vehicles and protect the fragile amorphous silicon boards underneath

said Jang Hong Kong chief scientist with Shandong Pinner Jie company which was involved in the development of the project

Xue did not reveal the cost but said it was half of similar projects in foreign countries

With the development of solar power in China the cost can be further reduced. He said

China leads the world in solar power dozens of new installed generation capacity has been the largest at world since

2013 as of the end of September China's installed photovoltaic

capacity hit 120 gigawatts he hit 120 gigawatts