Energy production: Rheinenergie tests solar cells on sidewalks
In order to test out new techniques of energy production, Neuehrenfeld will install photovoltaic floor tiles in Cologne. The future project is a collaboration of the Rhine energy with Energy Floor from the Netherlands. Rheinenergie currently has four square meters of photovoltaic floor slabs laid in Cologne Neuehrenfeld. It will be tested for one year how the floor slabs react in practice and whether this new form of energy production makes sense in the city. The 60x60 cm photovoltaic cells are covered with a glass plate and roughened to protect against slipping. Overall, it should be tested to what extent the floor slabs really withstand the weather (rain, skid resistance, road salt in winter). The bottom plates provide 35 watts, so you could provide with a plate converted up to seven laptops with power. Two Cologne households therefore needed about 320 of the floor plates for supply. In Amsterdam, since 2014, a similar project, a 100-meter-long solar bicycle lane, successfully