Switch to solar with a system built for you. What if the roads we drive on every day could also produce clean energy? That’s the concept behind solar roadways. Solar roads are surfaces that double as ...

In this May 2014, photo provided by Solar Roadways, Scott and Julie Brusaw stand for a photo on a prototype solar-panel parking area at their company's business in Sandpoint, Idaho. Scott Brusaw's ...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The solar panels that Idaho inventor Scott Brusaw has built aren’t meant for rooftops. They are meant for roads, driveways, parking lots, bike trails and, eventually, highways.

(TNS) -- Highways and interstates are a quintessential part of America’s landscape and culture. The U.S. interstate highway system alone includes 47,000 miles of roads. That’s a lot of asphalt and ...

Take a solar panel. Surround it with light-emitting diodes attached to a microprocessor and, in northern climes at least, some kind of heater. The idea is to put unused roadway to good use (generating ...

JINAN, China — On a smoggy afternoon, huge log carriers and oil tankers thundered down a highway and hurtled around a curve at the bottom of a hill. Only a single, unreinforced guardrail stood between ...