Portland General Electric (PGE, Portland, Oregon, U.S.) and the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) broke ground on a 1.75 solar photovoltaic (PV) plant at a rest area on a federal highway near Wilsonville, Oregon, United States.

The ODOT is describing the USD 10 million project at the Baldock Safety Rest Area on Interstate 5 as the nation’s largest solar highway project.

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It looks like roads that use solar power to melt snow are one step closer to becoming a reality–at least for a little stretch of Idaho. Solar Roadways received a $750,000 grant from the Federal Highway Administration to build a parking lot paved with solar panels.

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