One of the biggest issues with solar energy is the lack of space available to place solar panels. But a company from Idaho has a solution and is making solar panels you can drive on.
Solar Roadways recently received a $100,000 contract from the Department of Transportation to develop its technology, which involves embedding solar panels in roads. The roads themselves will contain the actual solar panel as well as LED lights, and are actually going to be made of glass. This, naturally, is one of the biggest question marks with the technology, as Solar Roadways’ Scott Brusaw told Scientific American, “Nobody’s tried to drive on glass long-term.”
But if Brusaw and his company can overcome these obstacles, the solar roads have the potential to turn a huge amount of real estate into a sustainable energy farm. Solar Roadways is currently using some of the contract money to test out various types of glass in an attempt to build a working prototype of the technology.
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