the netherlands gets the world's first solar-powered bike lane - solar street lighting system

The story was originally released by City Lab and copied here as part of the climate platform collaboration.
It's hard to get greener by bike, but the Dutchman has done it through a bike lane that powers street lights and even houses.
The first solar energy thing in the world.
On November 12, the electric bike lane will be officially opened in the town of Krommenie, northwest of Amsterdam.
The rider can jump on one end and then get off at the other end after riding for a few seconds.
As a pilot project, this lane is only 230 feet long (
Although it will stretch to 328 feet after completion). The so-
SolaRoad is the result of collaboration between the private sector, government and academia.
Here is a brief description of how it works: The pilot Road, which is only a hundred meters, consists of two concrete modules. 5 by 3. 5 metres.
Solar cells are mounted in a moving direction below the top floor of tempered glass of about 1-1cm thick.
There are no solar cells on the other side of the road, which is used to test the various top layers.
At that time, the solar energy on the road will be used for road lighting, transportation systems, electric vehicles (
Which drive on the surface)and households.
Visually, SolaRoad is a bit like a glass-like cooking element on an electric stove.
It is equipped with a friction device
Allow the surface, though, so that the rider doesn't walk around like a pinball: The Green passage has its drawbacks.
Because it can't tilt towards the sun, it's less efficient than solar panels.
It is very expensive and is expected to cost $3. 7 million.
But as technology advances, these problems may be reduced, making some crazy new uses the center of the stage.
Sten de Wit of SolaRoad, the consortium behind the project, envisioned that solar roads could eventually be used to power electric vehicles using solar roads.
"Electric cars are on the rise, but before the electricity they use is generated in a sustainable way, electric cars are not really a replacement.
Roads can generate electricity where they are needed, "de Wit explained in a publication by the contract research organization TNO.
"Sensors that collect traffic flow information can help improve traffic management and even allow automatic vehicle guidance," De Wit added . ".