solar powered motorway Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:00:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 World's First Fully Solar Powered Motorway To Be Open In Italy, Between Catania and Siracusa https://www.greenoptimistic.com/catania-siracusa-motorway-solar-power-20101116/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/catania-siracusa-motorway-solar-power-20101116/#respond Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:00:17 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=11819 Italy, the country with the world's first highway ever built (in 1926), is now preparing the addition of another motorway segment between Catania and Siracusa (the A18). But this is not just another motorway: it is the first fully solar-powered in the world, with 20 hectares-worth of solar panels.

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