Comments on: Use roads as photovoltaic power plants http://www.gianwirth.com/2007/09/22/use-roads-as-photovoltaic-power-plants/ An archive of things worth mentioning Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:44:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Bill Barker http://www.gianwirth.com/2007/09/22/use-roads-as-photovoltaic-power-plants/#comment-3 Bill Barker Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:27:06 +0000 http://www.freeworld.net/blog/2007/09/22/use-roads-as-photovoltaic-power-plants/#comment-3 In San Antonio, a normal 9' x 18' parking space would easily power an automobile if ALL of the solar energy striking it could be used to power the vehicle. And, there is more than one parking space per automobile! This idea depends on the development of a material that does not exist to my knowledge. But, it is something that does not seem totally out of the real of possibility. There are some impressive examples of solar roofs over parking facilities, and there are other ways to generate electricity from traffic on roads, such as the piezoelectric effect. In San Antonio, a normal 9′ x 18′ parking space would easily power an automobile if ALL of the solar energy striking it could be used to power the vehicle. And, there is more than one parking space per automobile!

This idea depends on the development of a material that does not exist to my knowledge. But, it is something that does not seem totally out of the real of possibility.

There are some impressive examples of solar roofs over parking facilities, and there are other ways to generate electricity from traffic on roads, such as the piezoelectric effect.

]]> By: Mike’s ramblings » Blog Archive » Cheap(er) solar cells coming http://www.gianwirth.com/2007/09/22/use-roads-as-photovoltaic-power-plants/#comment-2 Mike’s ramblings » Blog Archive » Cheap(er) solar cells coming Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:14:11 +0000 http://www.freeworld.net/blog/2007/09/22/use-roads-as-photovoltaic-power-plants/#comment-2 [...] cells are steadily coming down so maybe after all it won’t be that long until we see the solar roadway? The good thing with this announcement is that its not about a new invention that was just made, [...] [...] cells are steadily coming down so maybe after all it won’t be that long until we see the solar roadway? The good thing with this announcement is that its not about a new invention that was just made, [...]

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