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Federal Highway Administration Research and Technology
Coordinating, Developing, and Delivering Highway Transportation Innovations
| Project Information | ||
| Project ID: | FHWA-PROJ-10-0024 | |
| Project Name: | Roadway Wind-Solar Hybrid Power Generation and Distribution System Towards Energy-Plus Roadways | |
| Project Status: | Completed | |
| Start Date: | April 13, 2010 | |
| End Date: | December 31, 2014 | |
| Contact Information | ||
| Last Name: | Weaver | |
| First Name: | Eric J | |
| Telephone: | 202-493-3153 | |
| E-mail: | eric.weaver@dot.gov | |
| Office: | Office of Infrastructure Research and Development | |
| Team: | Infrastructure Analysis and Construction Team [HRDI-20] | |
| Program: | Exploratory Advanced Research | |
| Project detail | ||
| Roadmap/Focus area(s): | Infrastructure Research and Technology Strategic Plan and Roadmap | |
| Project Description: | The aim of this project is to develop a novel Roadway Wind/Solar Hybrid Power Generation and Distribution System (RHPS) towards energy-plus roadways, where energy-plus stands for annual energy consumption that is less than production. The RHPS would be a low footprint, intelligent, and multilayer power system designed for integration into urban and suburban areas, which reduces the need for new distribution networks. The RHPS represents a dramatic change in the role of the public right-of-way from an energy consumer to an energy producer, and therefore will aid in reducing transportation system operating costs. | |
| Goals: | The key project objective is to research and develop technology that could lead to transformational changes in the way that the public right-of-way is used to harvest and utilize renewable energy. | |
| Background Information: | Project submitted in response to a fiscal year 2007 Exploratory Advanced Research Program Broad Agency Announcement Topic 3C: New Technologies for Renewable Energy Generation in the Public Right-of-Way. | |
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| Field Test: | A field testbed location will be identified, established, and evaluated. | |
| Product Type: | Research report | |
| Test Methodology: | The test approach is a combination of mathematical energy and system modeling with full-scale demonstration prototype and monitoring of public reaction. | |
| Other Information: | The project will be conducted in three distinct 12-month phases. | |
| Partners: | Federal Highway Administration: Office of Research, Development, and Technology; Role(s): Advisory | |
| Expected Benefits: | A determination of the feasibility of implementing the technology in terms of cost/benefit ratio. | |
| Deliverables: | Name: Phase I Technical Report. Product Type(s): Research report Description: This product contains progress made during phase I of the project; primarily literature review, analytical modeling of electrical generation from wind turbines, photovoltaic technologies, and related connective circuitry and control. | |
| Related URL(s): | http://wwwcf.fhwa.dot.gov/exit.cfm?link=http://energyplusroadways.unl.edu/info.php?section=overview |
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| FHWA Topics: | Research/Technologies--FHWA Research and Technology | |
| TRT Terms: | Solar Energy Infrastructure Research Pavements Roads Right of Way |
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| FHWA Disciplines: | Environment |
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| Subject Areas: | Energy Research |
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