Nowadays, natural energy, has been one of the most important means of producing clean energy to keep big cities functioning, taking care of our environmenrt and nature.
When we think about water power, wind power and solar power, our idea of a better world came up to our mind, but how can that be possible?
Solar Roadways is a company that wants to create an intelligent roadway, capable of producing the necessary energy to show the signs to the drivers; The most interesting charasteristic: it warms itself in order to melt the snow. This interesting idea is just a functional prototipe that has been seen as a good thing, because it could prevent much of the road accidents; moreover, it could be very helpful to the environment.
But what is this about? Solar Roadways is a very expensive project in this moment, that count with some solar cells that are in charge of transforming the solar energy into electricity. The solar energy transformed in electicity can be used by the roadway itself or could be connected to a small city providing it clean energy. With 1.6 kilometes of these pannels, it has been calculated that it is possible to supply more than 450 houses.
The only problem that this project presents, as stated before, is its high cost of construction. Every solar pannel costs 10.000 dollars, so do not expect this project to be approved soon. Perhaps, people will be able to see some solar pannels in parking lots as a test.
Roadways will not be the only ones that can be helping our environment with the use of solar pannels, cars are to come, too. But is it really effecctive to spend huge amounts of money creating solar pannels roadways, or is it more covenient to invest in solar cars?
When we think about water power, wind power and solar power, our idea of a better world came up to our mind, but how can that be possible?
Solar Roadways is a company that wants to create an intelligent roadway, capable of producing the necessary energy to show the signs to the drivers; The most interesting charasteristic: it warms itself in order to melt the snow. This interesting idea is just a functional prototipe that has been seen as a good thing, because it could prevent much of the road accidents; moreover, it could be very helpful to the environment.
But what is this about? Solar Roadways is a very expensive project in this moment, that count with some solar cells that are in charge of transforming the solar energy into electricity. The solar energy transformed in electicity can be used by the roadway itself or could be connected to a small city providing it clean energy. With 1.6 kilometes of these pannels, it has been calculated that it is possible to supply more than 450 houses.
The only problem that this project presents, as stated before, is its high cost of construction. Every solar pannel costs 10.000 dollars, so do not expect this project to be approved soon. Perhaps, people will be able to see some solar pannels in parking lots as a test.
Roadways will not be the only ones that can be helping our environment with the use of solar pannels, cars are to come, too. But is it really effecctive to spend huge amounts of money creating solar pannels roadways, or is it more covenient to invest in solar cars?
Solar energy is the way to go regarding energy sources, and I still do not understand why governments do not want to approve these types of projects. I think that this particular project is quite good because as the road is connected to other roads in the city, the energy can be easily transferred. Now, the cost is immense, but it seems that governments are blind to the fact that no more money would have to be spent afterwards.
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