France has opened 1km (0.6-mile) opened the world’s first solar panel road, in a Normandy village.
The route which covers about 2,800 sq m of electricity-generating panels, was inaugurated on Thursday 23rd December by the ecology minister, Ségolène Royal.
According to a report obtained from http://uk.businessinsider.com, It cost €5m (£4.2m) to construct and will be used by about 2,000 motorists a day during a two-year test period to establish if it can generate enough energy to power street lighting in the village of 3,400 residents.
