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SolaRoad Cycle Path Electricity Yield Exceeds Expectations

posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday May 13 2015, @01:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the the-future's-so-bright... dept.

CoolHand writes:

Phys.org reports on a pilot project in the Netherlands to generate power from solar panels in a bike path that has so far exceeded expectations:

The first six months of the pilot phase were successful, according to a SolaRoad press release issued earlier this month. The energy yield was beyond their expectations. Spokesperson Sten de Wit said they were surprised to see the level of success so quickly. Case in point: "The bike road opened half a year ago and already generated over 3,000 kWh," he said. "If we translate this to an annual yield, we expect more than the 70 kWh per square meter per year, which we predicted as an upper limit in the laboratory stage. We can therefore conclude that it was a successful first half year."

 
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  • (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Wednesday May 13 2015, @04:33PM

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Wednesday May 13 2015, @04:33PM (#182449) Homepage

    5mb hard drive? Luxury! We used to have to make do with 5.25" 100k floppy discs, and we had to cut our own holes in 'em to use 'em double-sided.

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  • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Wednesday May 13 2015, @07:54PM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Wednesday May 13 2015, @07:54PM (#182581) Journal

    5.25" floppies! You had it easy! We used to use 8" floppies, and to use the other side we had to turn the boxen upside down! 80k, and we liked it!