The town of Krommenie in the Netherlands has officially opened the SolaRoad – a bike lane made up of solar-powered cells that will generate power for traffic lights, houses, electric cars and street lights.
Biking on the lane will not create power, but the cells making up the lane soak up the sun to generate energy. This concept creates an energy source out of a road surface which is exposed to the sun daily.
The idea was developed in a cycle lane as biking is a large form of Dutch transportation, it also holds less weight than a typical road or highway which make it easier for the idea to be tested and altered where needed.
Over 3.5 million euros was invested in this project.
Article written by D Mulhern
15 Responses
Wow
Cool
That is so cool! I wish they had one in NZ! #JohnKeyPlsGet1
XD
do you get static from it?
Cool! I want to go to the Krommenie, Netherlands!
cool
id like going on that
thats pretty dumb… what if bikes go out a style witch they all ready have and then no one will soon use that path
It is cool and weird at the same time I would love love to go on that solaroad in the Netherlands
i want one in New zealand they have allready invented it so hopefully
well have one in the next 5 years
wow what a cool idea
#awesomeidea
interesting, what a good idea smart. ☻
Great idea, not sure why on EARTH YOU WOULD MAKE A PATH FOR 3.5M EUROS (Almost 60M in NZ Dollars!!!) But apart from that its greeaaat…
Sorry, 6 million in nz for a bike path