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Solar Cells on Guardrail: World’s 1st Practice Trail Completed

Flexible thin-film solar cells were used during the test.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

TNO has conducted research together with the province of Noord-Holland and various partners into a safe and sustainable generation of energy via flexible solar foil on crash barriers.    With about 7,500 kilometers of guardrail in the Netherlands, a lot of solar energy can potentially be generated.   The test rig with flexible solar foil on a 72-meter double guardrail ran for a year along the N194 near Heerhugowaard.    The design is the first of its kind worldwide.    The one-ye...

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