Solar panels replaced tarmac on a road – here are the results

Ryan, Dylan

Abstract

Four years ago a viral campaign wooed the world with a promise of fighting climate change and jump-starting the economy by replacing tarmac on the world’s roads with solar panels. The bold idea has undergone some road testing since then. The first results from preliminary studies have recently come out, and they’re a bit underwhelming.

Citation

Ryan, D. (2018). Solar panels replaced tarmac on a road – here are the results

• Acceptance Date: Sep 21, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Sep 24, 2018
• Publication Date: Sep 27, 2018
• Deposit Date: Oct 17, 2018
• Keywords: Solar energy, climate change
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1313918
• Additional Information: Published in the i-news (print edition) on the 27th of September 2018 & The Independent newspaper on the 11th of October; https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/solar-panel-roads-energy-bad-idea-renewable-climate-change-environment-a8557076.html; ; And energy post.eu on the 27th of September 2018; https://energypost.eu/solar-roadways-roads-solar-panels-replaced-tarmac/