Power-generating solar roadways may become a reality if the Solar Roadways company receives enough votes in the 2010 GE 'Ecomagination Challenge.'
With enough votes in the GE Ecomagnination Challenge, there's a chance that the vision of power-generating roadways replacing asphalt highways and generating an endless supply of green power could become a reality. Anyone who would like to vote on the Solar Roadways project or any of the many GE 'Ecomagination Challenge: Powering the Grid 'projects can do so at the ChallengeWebsite.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Power-generating Roadways
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Developing and implementing solar roadways that generate green power and replace asphalt highways.
- Renewable Energy Infrastructure
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Creating an infrastructure that supports power-generating roadways and maximizes renewable energy generation.
- Sustainable Transportation Solutions
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Designing and producing vehicles that can efficiently harness power from power-generating roadways.
Where This Applies
- Clean Energy
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Integrating solar roadways into the clean energy industry to revolutionize energy production and transportation.
- Infrastructure Development
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Transforming traditional road infrastructure development by incorporating power-generating roadways into urban planning.
- Automotive
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Advancing the automotive industry by developing vehicles that can effectively utilize power from solar roadways and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
