By 2020, the mileage of Chinese highway was 143,684 km and the area was 3,957 km 2. The installed capacity and power generation of PV highways in China are 700.85 GW and 629.06 TWh, respectively. Installing photovoltaic (PV) modules on highways is considered a promising way to support carbon neutrality in China.
According to the obtained results, the highway solar energy potential in China is 3,932 TW. Fig. 9 shows that cities with high highway solar energy potential is mostly located in the northwest, north, and south-central parts of China.
By 2020, the country is aiming to build 54.5GW of large-scale solar projects. “With the development of solar power in China, the cost can be further reduced,” Xu said. The road "charges" into future: the 1-kilometer solar highway has three layers including translucent concrete on top, silicon panels in the middle, and insulation at bottom.
According to the results of the Chinese highway lane and area quantification, the total mileage and area of Chinese highways in 2020 were 143,684 km and 3,957 km 2, respectively. A total of 98.1% of China’s total highway mileage is composed of 4-lane, 6-lane, and 8-lane highways. In China, the entire mileage of 12-lane highways is only 24 km.
The shifting trend of land resources accessible for constructing solar PV systems in China has also been investigated . The studies mentioned above provide a macrolevel answer to the overall PV potential in China, as well as the types of land appropriate for PV systems and their geographical distribution.
Generally, the intensity of solar radiation received by a highway is low around sunrise and sunset. Therefore, the potential of solar energy lost during these periods is small, even if the highway is shadowed by surrounding terrain. 4.3. Assessment of the solar energy potential of highways in China
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