The world s first solar road in normandy northern france which opened in 2016 has failed to meet expectations.
Road solar panels fails.
Solar power highways are hitting a roadblock.
It s described as pale with its ragged joints with solar panels that peel off the road and.
The 1 km long by 2 8 m wide road of solar panels is in part damaged beyond repair and is not producing the power that the manufacturer wattway had promised.
The panels deteriorated quickly and failed to generate the amount of electricity hoped for.
The french government s bold plan to pave 1 000km of highways with photovoltaic panels over five years seems unlikely to go ahead following the failure of a trial solar road in normandy.
The trial road was meant to produce about 150 000 kwh a year which is enough power to provide light for up to 5 000 people every day.
Thunderstorms also reportedly broke solar panels on the road.
Nearly three years after france built a 0 6 mile stretch of photovoltaic road in normandy the government is deeming it a disappointing experiment.