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jasm580
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The demonstration project is just a few miles south of me, at the southern interchange of I-5 & I-205 in Tualatin. If it is not too much trouble could you take and post a picture of it sometime? -Jasm
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I think that the wear and tear on the panels is grossly underestamated. Here in canada they would still have to be cleared of snow, as they would in the upper states as well. And dispite the snowclearing. asphalt (although it is hard to see it.) is flexable, so when heavy vehicles pass over it will compless slightly and spring back due to the rubber like property of tar. I think his biggest flaw is in the coating that goes over the panel, and that the electronics won't be as flexable as he neeeds them to be. just my 2 cents. i'm no engineer or physicist. well if ya read it they are not talking about normal coating on solar panels but an entire layer of material that is clear and designed to take the load... either way i think its interesting I agree very interesting Interesting enough that I did read it and they do talk about "coating" it. With what? Not only does this material have to transmit solar energy through itself, it must stand the abrasion of traffic at High speeds (4 lane roads are not generally 25mph zones). Then there is a slight need for traction on this "coating" in all temperature and moisture conditions. What ever the "coating" or these incredibly tough solar cells are, they are not even in Alpha testing (I think that they would have given some test results), let alone Beta (where real drivers would risk their lives on weird road surfaces). Estimating cost, in this way, is just silly. There are lots of better way s to deploy solar panels than to be driving over them. |
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noderaser
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The demonstration project is just a few miles south of me, at the southern interchange of I-5 & I-205 in Tualatin. If it is not too much trouble could you take and post a picture of it sometime? -Jasm Well, unless I had a passenger, I think the Oregon State Police would frown on my trying to take a picture from the opposite side of the car at 70 MPH :P Fortunately, ODOT has a whole gallery of the construction and operation: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregondot/sets/72157607911482130/ Quick publicity bit: http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/OIPP/inn_solarhighway.shtml There is even a webpage where you can see the output: http://www.live.deckmonitoring.com/?id=solarhighway I find it pretty humorous, that the panels were covered in snow on their first day of operation. And here's a bit about the larger project they want to build, complete with a rendering of what it might look like: http://cleantechlawandbusiness.com/cleanbeta/...or-solar-energy-highways/ The land it's slated to be built on includes some maintenance/storage yard, and a rest area that has been closed for around 15 years. ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by noderaser at Sep 8, 2009 12:56:35 AM] |
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