Can Solar Panels Revolutionize Roads and Parking Lots?

摘要

Are roads, parking lots and driveways covered with solar panels that feed power back into the grid actually feasible, or does it sound like a green-dream? A video on YouTube titled "Solar FREAKIN' Roadways" has captured the imagination of the Internet, but imagination and reality are often far apart. Eight years ago, electrical engineer Scott Brusaw and his wife, Julie, set out to show that updating our traveling infrastructure with renewable energy is possible. Now, they're on the precipice of releasing their prototype for Solar Roadways, a system that could replace asphalt, giving roads an energy-production purpose.