What if we traveled on highways covered in “solar roofs”?

The amount of roads we have that can be used for other purposes, beyond the movement of people. Considering the wasteland that surrounds most highways, why not cover it in solar panels?

This isn't the first time something like this has been conceived, but now the project is coming to fruition.  HeyThe first sunroof on a German motorwayHe was visited a few days ago by the German Minister of Transport, Volker Wissing.
The Hegau-Ost service area on the A81 confirms the plans of the German Federal Government: Using the country's vast road network to generate "green energy".

Solar roof covering highways...
The motorway's "first sunroof" is nothing less than a roof measuring 12 by 14 metres, made up of photovoltaic modules, mounted 5.5 meters above the asphalt.  The panels are based on a steel structure fixed to the service area track.
At the moment, this is a pilot project, the starting point of which will be the operation of the roof.  Next, technicians will collect data to see how photovoltaic installations, which vehicles often cycle underneath, are doing.







Since this is an experimental project, the result of an innovative idea, we'll have to wait to see the results.  However, the officials appreciate it It will produce up to 40,000 kWh annually Enough to cover the needs of ten families of four.

We will scientifically monitor the pilot project's operation for one year.  In this way, we want to ensure that the core goals are supported by the best possible technical solutions.

Markus Oesser, Director of the Federal Institute for Road Research (BASt), explained at June.
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The same institute also said that one of the goals of this sunroof is to prove that the panel structure is "profitable and buildable in real traffic conditions."  For this reason, the focus right now is not on achieving a superpower, but rather on proving that this approach is possible.
The project is being implemented in Germany, but Germany is not the only party interested and actively involved.  After all, the solar roof for roads is part of a study also funded by Austria and Switzerland: It was designed by Fraunhofer ISEan organization based in Freiburg, Germany, and by Forster F and by Austrian Institute of Technologyboth of which are based in Austria.
According to the German government, the union was commissioned by the transport ministries of the three countries - Germany, Austria and Switzerland - as part of a joint study on infrastructure.