..........China has opened a 1-kilometer long solar road in Jinan, the capitol of Shandong province south of Beijing. The two-lane road covers 5,875 square meters and can generate up to 1 million kilowatt-hours of power annually — enough to power 800 Chinese homes...........
..........But Slate claims the Chinese road cost $458 per square meter — roughly 90 times the cost of a traditional asphalt road. Figures lie and liars figure, so the jury is still out on whether China’s electric highway is cost-effective, but $458 per square meter does seem mighty expensive. “With the development of solar power in China, the cost can be further reduced,” Xu says........
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