Solar pavement to help power EVs has been installed on a family home driveway in Hungary.
The energy generated is fed back to the household’s power network, Platio Solar Paving Systems says.
The yearly average energy yield of this special 10 square metres large pavement covers half of the energy consumption of an average household, it says, adding this is the first home application of the new solar solution.
Platio’s “walkable” solar panels can use this new source of clean energy, co-founder and engineer Imre Sziszák says.
The Platio Solar Paver aims to aesthetically combine solar technology with design, thus making renewables an essential part of the home environment.
The high-performance solar cells built in the walkway collect the solar energy radiated on the pavement and use it to cover the energy needs of cities, buildings, outdoor devices and households.
It can be installed from 10 to 30sqm on driveways, pavements, patios, terraces or balconies.
The solar cells are protected with anti-slip, hardened glass tiles, which allows the solar pavement to carry occasionally crossing or parking vehicles as well.
Solar paving systems are very useful for recharging electric cars with green energy, the company says.
In 2017, a small pavement was turned to a solar power plant to provide clean energy source for EVs at the facility of a logistics real estate developer company in Budapest.
Platio’s largest project was implemented in Kazakhstan, where an 80sqm system was installed at a shopping mall entrance to power air conditioning.
