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A Solar-Powered Highway

October 3, 2008/

It takes 45 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually to run Oregon’s state transportation system — power that comes mostly from non-renewable sources.

Change is underway, however, as the state Department of Transportation is rolling out its first-in-the-nation solar-panel project along a major highway.

http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/OIPP/inn_solarhighway.shtml.

Full Story: http://www.governing.com/idea.aspx

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