China Solar Highway Stolen

Part of china s solar highway was stolen causing a shutdown.

China solar highway stolen.

It is covered in more than 10 000 solar panels and its three layers include translucent concrete on the top photovoltaic panels in the middle and insulation on the bottom according to china central television cctv. Thieves in china have vandalised a newly opened solar highway less than a week after the road was christened with much fanfare. China s solar highway was victim of heavy traffic and bad design not thieves report says stolen panel was actually hiding in plain sight in thousands of tiny pieces investigation. It spans 5 875 sq m and is capable of generating up to 1gwh every year enough to power 800 homes.

Does this mean the. Section of china s new solar highway stolen after only five days. In china one six foot panel of a 0 6 mile solar highway was stolen prompting the government to abandon the project. A narrow 1 8 meter panel was removed and seven surrounding panels damaged by the thieves.

The road to china s autonomous driving future is paved with solar panels mapping sensors and electric battery rechargers as the nation tests an intelligent highway that could speed the. China s first solar expressway with a length of 1 kilometer was opened for testing in december 2017 in east china s jinan. The one kilometre stretch of road in the eastern city of jinan. Brian wang january 8 2018 china opened a one kilometer stretch of photovoltaic highway built of solar panels which cars can drive over on december 28.

The world s first solar panel paved highway opened to use in china s eastern shandong province on december 28 last year. But it was vandalized and had sensitive parts stolen from it five days after opening the beijing youth daily said. Bloodsuckers overran a tower in china. In late 2017 china opened its 1km solar highway in the shandong province s capital jinan south of beijing.