A village in Northern France has opened what it claims is the world's first solar road, capable of powering local street lights. Tourouvre-au-Perche in Normandy embedded solar panels onto a 1km (0.6 ...

This rendering paints a picture of the obviously imaginary potential for Solar Roadways. (Photo via Solar Roadways) Welcome to Freshly Minted, where we examine an overlooked deal or funding ...

Find the best solar options for your home and budget. Find the best solar options for your home and budget. What if we take something millions of people use every day and turn it into something that ...

With secure funding for our roadways constantly in question, it’s no wonder scientists and designers have been inventing new types of pavement that they believe will be the future. By now, you’ve ...

It looks like roads that use solar power to melt snow are one step closer to becoming a reality--at least for a little stretch of Idaho. Solar Roadways received a $750,000 grant from the Federal ...

It's time for American roads to pull their own weight. Sure, we drive on them every day, enabling us to travel to practically every part of the country -- but is that enough? What if roads could also ...

What if the military had a way to solve an engineering and logistics problem with one solution? What if we could not only build better roads but also produce extra power at the same time? The future ...

Eastpointe received two grants this week that will facilitate improvements to Kelly Road as well as the addition of solar street lights on several residential streets. A $36,833 planning assistance ...

Italy has a solar-powered road in the works. While there's been some talk of paving roadways with photovoltaic panels to capture the sunshine beaming down on miles and miles of open road, that remains ...

China has the strange distinction of being both the world’s biggest carbon dioxide emitter and the premiere solar energy producer (Trump being in office has really given them an opportunity to firmly ...