Innovation: Asphalt as Renewable Energy Source

If you ever happen to walk on road during summer you must have known how hot it is. This is where the innovation is beginning, few researchers from Massachusetts have been working on generating electricity from other sources. They are using heat from asphalt and other paved surfaces to produce electricity.

Solar collector could change asphalt roads into renewable energy source. by which they could turn roads and parking lots into ubiquitous — and inexpensive — sources of electricity and hot water.’ For one, blacktop stays hot and could continue to generate energy after the sun goes down, unlike traditional solar-electric cells.

This idea can bring lots of cheap energy saving because parking lots stay hot at night at least during summer — and ‘could continue to generate energy after the sun goes down plus a pollution-free energy.