Wattway: World's First Solar road fails, drowning France's 5 million green venture

With catastrophic effects of global warming causing floods and droughts in all parts of India, out of - box green invation is need of hour. But sly one such brave attempt by France seems to have failed.

In an invative attempt to harness sun's limitless energy, France h embarked on an ambitious solar project in 2016 - Wattway - World's first solar ro i.e. installing photovoltaic cells on ros as cars cruise on m. 

Recent reports from French newspaper Le Monde, suggests that this project which cost French government approximately 5 million euros has failed to achieve its goals.

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What is Wattway?

According to its official website, Wattway is world's first-ever photovoltaic ro surface which was implemented as a joint venture between Transport company Colas and French National Institute for Solar Energy.

As a part of project,  2,800 photovoltaic panels were installed on a 1-kilometer patch of ro in French town Tourouvre-au-Perch in rmandy. During its installation, Colas h reportedly claimed that solar panels were covered with a resin containing silicon and h capacity to bear lo of even 18-wheelers.

According to Wattway's official website, Wattway pavement provides clean, renewable energy in form of electricity, while allowing for all s of traffic.

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Why did Wattway fail?

International news reports claim that shoddy engineering of Wattway has resulted in it t able to meet its goal of producing 150,000 kWh a year, which was supposed to power 5000 households. Reports claim that Wattway was barely able to meet its solar output by producing just under 80,000 KWh in 2018, and fewer than 40,000 KWh by July 2019.

Apart from its low energy output, local reports claim that driving over solar ro using tractors creates such loud ise that locals are required to limit ir vehicle's speed to 70 km/h. 

main reason for Wattway's failure has been revealed as its location choice. rmandy is t a sunny area. News reports state that rmandy's capital city of Caen only got 44 days of strong sunshine a year, which has remained as trend. Storms too have wreaked havoc with systems, blowing circuits. Reports also claim that panels weren't built to capture sunlight efficiently as all panels were flat and which limited limited sun of region.