(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 ...

Switch to solar with a system built for you. What if we take something millions of people use every day and turn it into something that could also make clean energy? Well, that’s the idea behind solar ...

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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.

Solar experts are divided on the long-term viability of solar roadways, even though they are popular on social media. Some argue that they are little more than mere gimmicks that actually harm the ...

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 ...