Let your road charge your car, house, or business?

Liane Yvkoff wrote for cartech today,

Solar Roadways to build solar-powered parking lot

Solar Roadways received a $750,000 grant from the Federal Highway
Administration to build a parking lot paved with solar panels.

Last year the green infrastructure company demoed a 12 square-foot
prototype of its solar road as phase 1 of this new technology. The
prototype was made up of solar panels, heating elements, and a grid of
wireless LED lights encased in durable glass that has the same traction
as asphalt and doesn’t cause glare. The panels generate a total of 7.6
kilowatt hours of electricity per day that can be used to melt snow and
ice, spell warnings for motorists, or be connected to weight sensitive
panels that illuminate a crosswalk when activated. The solar road can
also be connected to a smart grid to power nearby homes and businesses,
or even electric cars.

-gretchen