Noise barriers in the Netherlands will not only serve to reduce noise levels. In fact, they will make it possible to produce clean energy. After the record-breaking cycle path that produces clean energy, Holland is also following this new route, starting the tests of photovoltaic noise barriers
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Le fence anti-noise in the Netherlands they will not only serve to reduce noise levels. They will allow in fact to to produce energia clean. After the record-breaking cycle path that produces clean energy, Holland is also following this new route, starting the tests of photovoltaic noise barriers.
There is no lack of opportunity for the country to find a solution to obtain electricity. While the news of the cycle path had recently gone around the world, the latest find comes from the Eindhoven University of Technology. Here the researchers found a solution to make the barriers one equally interesting part of the landscape, as well as one new source of clean energy.
In fact, this mix of colors contains gods concentrators solar luminescent (LSC - luminescent solar concentrators), developed by researcher Michael Debije. These systems receive the light and send it to the sides of the panels where the lights are traditional photovoltaic cells who use sunlight for electricity generation.
A trial project that will last one year with two noise barriers, 5 meters long and 4,5 meters high, partly covered by concentrators and partly by semi-transparent panels where the solar cells are located.
In this way, it will also be possible to compare the operation and performance of the two technologies. The objective of the tests is in fact to evaluate the economic and technical feasibility of these sound absorbing barriers, installed near the A2 motorway in Den Bosch.
Early research results revealed that one km of noise barriers can generate enough electricity to meet the needs of 50 families.
"Thanks to their many colors, LSCs are visually very attractive, which makes them ideal for use in many different situations" explains Debije from the Department of Chemical and Chemical Engineering, who has been working on these panels for years.
According to Debije, the other advantages include the bass cost of realization, the possibility to choose any color, the strength and the ability to produce energy even when the sky is cloudy.
Francesca Mancuso
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