The 1km Colas Wattway Solar Roadway in Normandy in France is finally being scrapped.
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€5M of taxpayer money down the drain. That money could have bought a 5MW commercial solar farm that produced 15 times the output power, and lasted decades longer.

Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/ee...

Reference links:
https://www.auto-moto.com/en-bref/cet...
https://actu.fr/normandie/tourouvre-a...
https://time.com/4616912/solar-panel-...
https://www.theguardian.com/environme...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnparn...
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/franc...
https://www.businessinsider.com/first...
https://www.colas.com/en/innovation/g...
https://mymodernmet.com/france-wattwa...
https://www.marketwatch.com/guides/so....
https://www.popularmechanics.com/tech...
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/fr...
https://www.wattwaybycolas.com/en/ref...

Technical specs: https://www.wattwaybycolas.com/media/...

Map: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.58...


My previous videos on Colas Wattway:
   • EEVblog #850 - French Wattway Solar R...  
   • EEVblog #1047 - Solar Roadways FINALL...  

The near 18 year grift of Solar Freak'n Roadways:
https://www.startengine.com/offering/...

00:00 - Colas Wattway Solar Roadways is DEAD
07:47 - Not even the biggest road construction company can make Solar Roadways work
08:32 - Even Colas admit it's a failed concept
10:13 - How may homes can it power?
11:29 - How big a solar farm can you buy for €5M ?
13:16 - One final walk down the biggest solar roadway in the world
16:37 - What ever happened to Solar Freak'n Roadways?

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