Photos: A world with 'Solar Roadways' smart roads

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Photos: A world with ‘Solar Roadways’ smart roads

By Lyndsey Gilpin June 4, 2014, 1:39 PM PDT

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Photos: A world with ‘Solar Roadways’ smart roads

A solar highway

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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

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A solar city

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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

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Melting snow

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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

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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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Scott and Julie Brusaw, Solar Roadways founders

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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

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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

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Protoype parking lot

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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

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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

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

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