The panels deteriorated quickly and failed to generate the amount of electricity hoped for.
Road solar panels fails.
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.
Solar power highways are hitting a roadblock.
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.
Nearly three years after france built a 0 6 mile stretch of photovoltaic road in normandy the government is deeming it a disappointing experiment.
Pale splinters of resin have broken off the surface and the end of the road is now truncated.
It s described as pale with its ragged joints with solar panels that peel off the road and.
Le monde describes the road as pale with its ragged joints with solar panels that peel off the road and the many splinters that enamel resin protecting photovoltaic cells it s a poor sign 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.