Solar Roadways Gets Grant for Prototype

Solar Roadways has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the DOT to build a working prototype. It will not only generate electricity, but being made of solar cells, glass and LEDs, it will provide info that is normally found on highway signs and melt snow and ice with built-in heating elements. The estimate is that one mile can power up to 500 homes. Each 12 x 12 ft. panel will cost $6,900 that can be recovered by charging customers for energy. The company estimates that it will take 5 billion panels to cover all the asphalt in the US.

Via Solar Roadways

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