Here in New Jersey, the state is installing some 250,000 solar panels
across the state. These are small, 2x3 foot, 200 watt panels, each
stands alone and they are installed on power/telephone poles all over
the place.
The panels are installed on the 220/110 volt ("low" voltage) AC side
of the dist
Jaywalking not advised...
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Stephen Thompson
wrote:
> No, the vid didn't have anything about extracting power directly from the
> "road grid". I just extrapolated from the idea. If the road is now part
> of the
> power grid, then its not a stretch to get power di
No, the vid didn't have anything about extracting power directly from the
"road grid". I just extrapolated from the idea. If the road is now
part of the
power grid, then its not a stretch to get power directly from the grid
for those
who happen to be on it.
As long as we are brainstorming..
I think you may have meant getting power *off* the roadway system (for
anyone to use). The additional intelligence in load cells, etc. and LED
displays seemed incidental but perhaps worth including if you are going
to put all those electronics in to manage the solar power generation
anyway.
Uh. Except. For ...
Getting power to the roadway system (*huge* infrastructure issue, that, all
by itself); providing load balanced power to this marvelous new electrified
road grid, as travel flux dictates; designing, manufacturing, and
implementing a road grid-to-vehicle power transfer system
Solar powered roads would solve the infrastructure problem
of having electric "gas" stations for the electric and hybrid cars.
Just build power outlets at selected intervals along the road.
Best of all the road may detect how much power you have and
direct you to the nearest power outlet.
Step
>From Roger Ebert blog: "This fills me with probably unreasonable hope for
Green Electricity. "
See http://j.mp/9pZorn
-tj
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