EEVblog #681 - More Solar Roadways BULLSHIT!
Dave yet again debunks Solar (Freaking) Roadways. This time the prototype SolaRoad solar cycleway path installed in Amsterdam in Netherlands.
Dave shows how to go about doing ballpark engineering feasibility calculations for such a project, calculates the expected payback period, and SPOILER, shows why Solar Roadways will never be a viable technology. This time using real measured data from the Netherlands cycleway prototype, and real measured solar insolation data for the Netherlands
Links:
1st Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obS6TUVSZds
Live output data from Dave's 3Kw solar roof system http://pvoutput.org/list.jsp?userid=22501
http://www.solaroad.nl
Newsletter:
http://www.solaroad.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Artikel-SolaRoad-BU2013.pdf
Solaroads press release:
http://www.solaroad.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/PressReleaseSolaRoadOpened_21Oct.pdf
Road Construction Costs:
http://www.worldbank.org/transport/roads/c&m_docs/kmcosts.pdf
Road network lengths:
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/sustainable/studies/doc/2008_road_infrastructure_costs_and_revenues.pdf
Average Household Energy Consumption:
http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/research/energy/downloads/countrypictures/cp_netherlands.pdf
Price Per Watt for solar panels:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_per_watt
PV System installation costs:
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy13osti/56776.pdf
Solar Irradiance / Insolation data:
http://solarelectricityhandbook.com/solar-irradiance.html
Electricity prices for households:
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/File:Electricity_prices_for_household_consumers,_first_half_2013_%281%29_%28EUR_per_kWh%29_YB14.png
Sunpower P18 solar panel:
http://hvce.com/admin/content/uploads/Sunpower230.pdf
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