London has completed the construction of the world's largest bridge with solar panels

Yes, British scientists and engineers have finally completed the construction of a “solar” railway bridge, a project that was started back in 2009. Somewhere on Habré, I remember, there was a note about the beginning of construction, but I could not find it.

So, during the construction of the Blackfriars Bridge, which is part of the Blackfriars station in London, 4400 solar panels were used, the total area of ​​which is 6000 square meters.
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The total power of the panels is 1.1 MW of electricity. According to the authors of the project, the bridge supplies about half of the energy that is required by the entire station. Of course, it is worth bearing in mind that London is far from the sunniest place on the planet.



Equipping the bridge with solar panels is not an end in itself of the project, it is part of a larger project, the Thameslink Program, the purpose of which is to increase the carrying capacity of the railways of the UK capital, as well as to reduce harmful emissions from UK railways.



However, this bridge is one of the most interesting and “green” parts of the project. Its authors expect that the solar panels of the bridge will be able to generate about 900 thousand kWh of electricity per year. The bridge itself was built in Victorian times, so engineers had to try to upgrade it.

Via gizmag