The panels deteriorated quickly and failed to generate the amount of electricity hoped for.
Road solar panels fails.
Pale splinters of resin have broken off the surface and the end of the road is now truncated.
The 1 km long by 2 8 m wide road of solar panels is in part damaged beyond repair and is not producing the power that the manufacturer wattway had promised.
Solar power highways are hitting a roadblock.
Thunderstorms also reportedly broke solar panels on the road.
The trial road was meant to produce about 150 000 kwh a year which is enough power to provide light for up to 5 000 people every day.
Nearly three years after france built a 0 6 mile stretch of photovoltaic road in normandy the government is deeming it a disappointing experiment.
It s described as pale with its ragged joints with solar panels that peel off the road and.
Le monde describes the road as pale with its ragged joints with solar panels that peel off the road and the many splinters that enamel resin protecting photovoltaic cells it s a poor sign for.