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SOLAR
ROADWAY
 Each Solar Road Panel can produce an average of
46Wh per day. For example, 4-lane, one-mile stretch
of road would require 1760 Solar Road Panels. That
means that, each day, this stretch of Solar Roadway
would produce at least 13,376 kWh of electricity.
That's 4,882,240 kWh per year - enough to take 500
homes completely "off grid". We don't get that out of
asphalt!
WHY SOLAR
ROADWAYS ?
The main
motives to make
Roads with Solar

Panels are:-
Energy
 Energy Production
Primary energy includes petroleum, natural gas, coal, nuclear fuel, and
renewable energy. Electricity is a secondary energy source that is
generated from these primary forms of energy. 
Using very conservative numbers, calculations indicate that if all
driving and walking surfaces are converted to Solar Roadway panels,
they could produce over three times the electricity used in the world.
Each of the SR full-size hexagonal panels covers an area of about 4.39
square feet. The SR panels were approximately 12 or36 or 48 watt
panels.
The amount of power produced depends entirely upon the amount of
sunshine available, so in addition to the variable of location , other
variables include: the degree of shading, season/time of the year, time of
day, and other local microclimatatic factors.
If Solar Roadways becomes the new smart grid - the backbone of the
energy delivery system, all forms of renewable energy can be welcomed
into the grid with ease. A common problem with centralized renewable
energy projects is their difficulty in transferring energy to the grid. SR
can facilitate this energy transfer, since roads are universally available
 POWER – LINES
SAFETY
Currently, power lines are either up on poles where they
are susceptible to damage from storms, or buried in the
ground. If they are up on poles, wind can knock them
down. Ice can collect on cables, causing breakage and
power outages. Utility workers have to climb poles to
access them for repair and are sometimes hurt. If the lines
are buried, the utility workers have to dig them up with
shovels, not knowing exactly where they are. Gas lines are
often nearby, posing a danger. Solar Roadways Cable
Corridors offer a solution. There are two sections: one for
cables and one for water. The cable section offers a “home”
 Decentralization
Most energy systems are centralized. They provide power from a central
location and send it out via transmission lines over a long distance. This
leads to a substantial loss of that valuable energy. Examples of
centralized systems include nuclear power plants, coal-fired power
plants, wind farms, large solar arrays, etc. Centralized power plants
create security risks because they are more vulnerable to attacks by
hackers, terrorists, etc. They are more susceptible to damage from
natural disasters as well. Entire sections of a country can be left
powerless.
A decentralized system such as SR offers greater security. Much of the
power is used near the power source - i.e., driveways power homes,
parking lots power businesses, etc. Excess power produced by this
system can feed surrounding neighborhoods. This helps with security:
even if a section of roadway is completely destroyed by some type of
disaster, both sides of the now damaged road still produce electricity - no
one loses power. National security can be enhanced in every country.
ESTIMATED
COSTS
Estimated cost
of the model
= ₹2,500 -- ₹3,000

Estimated cost
of the project
= ₹2000 -- ₹3,400 per
square feet .
Brighter
FUTUR
E
Solar Roadways, if widely adopted, therefore has the ability to
eliminate half of the greenhouse gases currently being produced.
This would reduce pollution, make the air we breathe cleaner and
safer, eliminate the ramifications of dependence on fossil fuels, and
help slow climate change.
 SR panels have microprocessors mounted permanently, meaning
they have a fixed longitude and latitude. This offers a very special
method of knowing exactly where a driverless vehicle is. This
replaces the need to depend on satellite communications (GPS for
instance) to determine location. It is much more accurate. 
The Solar Roadway could charge the EVs while they're traveling,
which would increase their range. It’s quite simple - the "receiver"
plate gets mounted beneath the EV and the "transmitter" plate is
installed in the road. Currently, there is no delivery system for such
mutual induction plates on highways, but Solar Roadways can
solve that. With an infrastructure in place that will finally make
EVs practical, people would likely start trading in their internal
 PRESENTED
BY:-

OJASVA GOYAL

JUNAID KHAN