Korea never stops surprising, see this 30 km bike path covered with solar panels

covered bike path with panels

Although this is not new news, as this Korean bike path it has been built for more than 4 years, the video showing the amazing construction covered in solar panels has gone viral on social media these days.

It is the highway between the Daejeon cities of Sejong about 3 hours from Seoul, which has an exclusive lane for bicycles in the middle, which is covered by a roof of solar panels, which, in addition to generating power for highway lights at night, and providing charging stations for electric cars, also serves to protect athletes from the inclement sun in the area.

Despite the fact that the idea turned out to be very popular and friendly to the environment, those cyclists who ventured to take a ride along this curious bike lane warn in any case that it’s quite a noisy ride, being right in the middle of a high-speed highway, so it is more than advisable to wear headphones to help isolate the noises of motor vehicles.

covered bike path with panels

covered bike path with panels

Although a pioneer of its kind, this is not the only cycle lane with solar panels in the world. In the Netherlands, the SolarRoad was also built at a cost of 3.7 million dollars, and an extension of 70 meters. This smaller version showed that installing the solar panels directly on the ground was not a good idea, because over time the tiles tend to crack.

In the Reddit thread that popularized this Korean bike lane again, a recurring topic of discussion is why this type of bike lane is not being made in more countries around the world? and everything seems to indicate that the general consensus of cyclists is that they don’t want to ride their bikes in the middle of highways, so many suggest installing panels on the sides or further away from the smog of vehicles, what do you think?

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