The path is built of massive lego like modules of solar panels embedded in concrete each with heavy.
Bike path solar panel.
Although the path spans less than 250 feet in length.
The solaroad is the world s first bike path made from solar panels and is a prototype project testing the feasibility of various proposals for smart highways the 72 metre 236 ft path opened in the week of 21 october 2014 and was designed by a consortium of organizations which built the pathway in krommenie netherlands.
Fittingly for the cycle crazy dutch the first solaroad is a bike path not far from amsterdam.
The project attracted great attention both inside and outside the netherlands and within the first year after the solar bike path opened 300 000 cyclists and scooters rode over it.
The bicycle lane runs for 20 miles between daejeon and sejong reports.
Dubbed the solaroad the path is special because one of its two lanes is equipped with solar panels that can feed energy back to the grid.