20 Jun 2011

Charging down the solar road

After his wife suggested making roads out of solar panels he started investigating whether it could work.

Mr Brusaw said he had dreamed of transmitting electric power through roadways since he was a kid playing with slot cars and he always thought an electrified roadway could be used as a solution to reduce emissions.

He claims a single parking bay in a shopping centre paved with solar panels would produce enough electricity to power the shopping centre while a cul-de-sac paved with solar panels could take an entire subdivision off the grid, even on a cloudy day.

Mr Brusaw says to have not only succeeded - building panels strong enough to be driven over by thousands of trucks and cars each day - but said panels could be built at a competitive price.
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