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Swiss canton to cover road with 14 MW of solar

The Swiss canton of Fribourg says it plans to cover a roadway with 14 MW of solar panels. The authorities are now conducting an in-depth feasibility study, to be followed by a financial plan for the project.
Sandra Enkhardt
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From pv magazine Germany

Solar panels over roadways have thus far been limited to pilot projects, even though such installations are not a new idea. The German Federal Ministry of Transport, for example, is currently working on a 33 kW roadway PV project.

However, the technology is now set for deployment in the Swiss canton of Fribourg, where solar modules will span the H189 roadway. They will be mounted on embankments on both sides, covering an estimated 89,000 square meters. The PV system will offer a total output of around 14 MW.

The Swiss authorities are now working on an in-depth feasibility study, to be followed by a financial plan. The canton says the project is in line with its PV strategy, which was released in August 2023. It plans to achieve annual PV electricity production of 0.6 TWh by 2035 and 1.3 TWh by 2050.

It says its top priority is to add photovoltaics to systems integrated into buildings and infrastructure. It says its second aim is to use “less sensitive open spaces.”

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Peter Mason
Apr 20, 2024

Brilliant idea. When you think of all those cars filled with highly flammable petrol, and emissions of greenhouse gases, the least you can do is cover the area, and adding solar panels to roads gaining essentially free electricity from the sun (after covering costs) eventually means its even cheaper to run an electric vehicle with its massively greater safety factor.

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Jimmy
Apr 19, 2024

Potential Fire Hazard on road and it’s highly risky if panel fall while you’re driving and during accidents on road.

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