http://www.salon.com/2014/11/06/the_netherlands_is_about_to_get_the_worlds_first_solar_bike_path/
Great idea if it work's as planned.
Clark
Great idea if it work's as planned.
Clark
The Netherlands - world's first solar bike path
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J.R.
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Saw a video report on this a month or so ago... Apparently this has been tested, a short section and it does work! But the cost is extremely high. I don't know if there is a city in the US where it would be cost effective. In the Netherlands it is cost effective! Maybe it will slowly make it's way around the world???
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Brambor
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how much does a regular 228 feet of asphalt road cost?
2.74 million comes out to be about $16403 per foot. If the road is 30 feet wide that would theoretically fit less than 9 solar panels across which would be about $1822 per solar panel. Adding into this the wiring to manage this power and route it into the grid or houses....
Why would it only power 3 houses? Are they thinking condominium highrises? This amount of solar energy should power more than 20 houses
2.74 million comes out to be about $16403 per foot. If the road is 30 feet wide that would theoretically fit less than 9 solar panels across which would be about $1822 per solar panel. Adding into this the wiring to manage this power and route it into the grid or houses....
Why would it only power 3 houses? Are they thinking condominium highrises? This amount of solar energy should power more than 20 houses
Brambor - this explains the bike path and power output of the cells a little
further. After looking at the article it dawns on me how truly we are at the infancy of this type of project, can you imagine the cost of installing a path like that on any kind of legitimate scale? More R&D needs to happen until they come up with something much more viable and realistic - I was envisioning them rolling out a flexible strip (like a roll of insulation) of panels, affixing it to the pathway, and connecting each strip to the next somehow (underground?) before ending with a connection to the grid? http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...-bike-path-opens-this-week-in-the-netherlands
Time, this will take time.
Clark
further. After looking at the article it dawns on me how truly we are at the infancy of this type of project, can you imagine the cost of installing a path like that on any kind of legitimate scale? More R&D needs to happen until they come up with something much more viable and realistic - I was envisioning them rolling out a flexible strip (like a roll of insulation) of panels, affixing it to the pathway, and connecting each strip to the next somehow (underground?) before ending with a connection to the grid? http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...-bike-path-opens-this-week-in-the-netherlands
Time, this will take time.
Clark
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