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Old 13-11-2014, 04:50 PM #1
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The world's first road capable of turning sunlight into energy officially opened for traffic Wednesday in the Netherlands.

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The energy created from the road can power things like street and traffic lights or households, according to company officials.
It's actually a 230-foot-long bike path in the town of Krommenie.

The road is a test route developed by the company SolaRoad.

"SolaRoad is a world first that will put the Netherlands on the map as a leader in sustainable innovation," said Henk Kamp, the Dutch minister of economic affairs, at the opening.

The path is made of concrete modules with solar cells and covered with a thin layer of tempered glass.

The energy created from the road can power things like street and traffic lights or households, according to company officials.

Testing will continue for three years to further develop solar roads, officials said.

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This is fucking incredible I really fucking hope this catches on oh my good God I didn't think it would actually get anywhere after I heard of it earlier in the year!
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Very good idea - the netherlands is always ahead of us.
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You gotta hand it to the Dutch, they are so funny coming up with strange and obscure laws, rules, records, and other assorted oddities.

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You gotta hand it to the Dutch, they are so funny coming up with strange and obscure laws, rules, records, and other assorted oddities.

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they also lead with their human rights, the first country to legalise same-sex marriage also.
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Solar roads? Good thinking dutch batman.
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The solar roadway concept has been around for a very long time.

A more complex version of solar roadways, that also melt ice/snow and have built in lights to create road symbols are being developed too. Pretty interesting idea really:

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I'm sure I read somewhere it's only capable of powering 3 homes
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Thankyou my health and safety

It's a great idea not sure it's worth swearing about
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