It s tough to make cycling any greener but the dutch have done just that with a bike lane that powers street lights and even houses.
Solar panel bike lane.
What s being billed as the world s first solar powered bike path will officially open on november 12 in krommenie a town northwest of amsterdam.
Right in the middle of a highway is interesting placement for a bicycle lane.
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Solar panel bike lanes revealed yesterday on november 13th 2014 the solar panel bike lane inspired by starry night pays tribute to the great vincent van gogh.
Solaroad has operated for a year and produced more power than expected.
The dutch company solaroad has long planned to build bike paths and roadways with embedded solar panels using nominally open space for.
Apparently solar panels aren t just for roofs anymore.
That dutch solar panel bike lane really works.
Running right through a regular highway between the cities the bike lane which is also accompanied with three lanes of traffic on either side has been roofed with solar panels throughout the highway.
In the netherlands a solar bike lane has fared much better exceeding the expected energy production.
There is a solar bike lane which runs 20 miles approximately 32 kilometres from the city of daejeon to the city of sejong.
A solar panel road is also being tested near amsterdam s schiphol airport.