Photos: A world with 'Solar Roadways' smart roads

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A solar highway

Solar Roadways is an Idaho startup that plans to create smart roads that produce clean energy, protects lives, saves money, and creates jobs. They've raised almost $2 million on Indiegogo.
A rendition of a solar panel interstate.
SEE: How 'Solar Roadways' plans to create smart roads to produce clean energy and save lives and money

Image: Sam Cornett
A solar city

A rendition of downtown Sandpoint, Idaho, where Solar Roadways was founded.
SEE: How 'Solar Roadways' plans to create smart roads to produce clean energy and save lives and money

Image: Sam Cornett
Melting snow

The solar panels melt snow and ice on impact, which saves money and time.
SEE: How 'Solar Roadways' plans to create smart roads to produce clean energy and save lives and money

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Solar Roadways panels

These solar panels have about 18.5% efficiency.
SEE: How 'Solar Roadways' plans to create smart roads to produce clean energy and save lives and money

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The panels can hold up to 250,000 pounds of weight, which is four times the legal weight of semi trucks.
SEE: How 'Solar Roadways' plans to create smart roads to produce clean energy and save lives and money

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LED lights in the solar panels allow them to light up at night, display messages, and warn drivers.
SEE: How 'Solar Roadways' plans to create smart roads to produce clean energy and save lives and money

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Scott and Julie Brusaw, Solar Roadways founders

Julie and Scott Brusaw have known each other since they were toddlers. They created Solar Roadways in Sandpoint, Idaho.
SEE: How 'Solar Roadways' plans to create smart roads to produce clean energy and save lives and money

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The future of solar roads

A rendition of what solar roadways could look like.
SEE: How 'Solar Roadways' plans to create smart roads to produce clean energy and save lives and money

Image: Dan Walden
Protoype parking lot

The protoype hsa 108 solar panels, which Brusaw is currently testing.
SEE: How 'Solar Roadways' plans to create smart roads to produce clean energy and save lives and money

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Solar panel sidewalks

An artist rendition of solar-powered sidewalks in downtown Sandpoint, Idaho.
SEE: How 'Solar Roadways' plans to create smart roads to produce clean energy and save lives and money

Image: Sam Cornett

A solar highway

Solar Roadways is an Idaho startup that plans to create smart roads that produce clean energy, protects lives, saves money, and creates jobs. They've raised almost $2 million on Indiegogo.

A rendition of a solar panel interstate.

SEE: How 'Solar Roadways' plans to create smart roads to produce clean energy and save lives and money

Image: Sam Cornett

By Lyndsey Gilpin

Lyndsey Gilpin is a former Staff Writer for TechRepublic, covering sustainability and entrepreneurship. She's co-author of the book Follow the Geeks.

A solar highway

A solar city

Melting snow

Solar Roadways panels

Scott and Julie Brusaw, Solar Roadways founders

The future of solar roads

Protoype parking lot

Solar panel sidewalks

A solar highway

By Lyndsey Gilpin

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