Dutch Solar Bike Path SolaRoad Successful & Expanding | CleanTechnica

Dutch Solar Bike Path SolaRoad Successful & Expanding | CleanTechnica
Bike paths: The Netherlands is covered with them, connecting more or less every destination a person might wish to go to and greatly increasing the convenience of cycling as a sustainable mode of transport. In the densely populated country, where space is scarce, a consortium of companies and research labs called SolaRoad is endeavoring to make those cycle lanes reduce carbon emissions in yet another way: by having them to generate solar electricity.
In 2014, SolaRoad started its pilot project in the town of Krommenie near Amsterdam by replacing a stretch of 70 meters of a tarmac bike path with solar modules it developed. The embedded solar panels are protected by a 1 cm thick coating, which is highly transparent but does not compromise traction. The project attracted great attention, both inside and outside the Netherlands, and within the first year after the solar bike path opened, 300,000 cyclists and scooters rode over it.