Motorway noise barriers as solar power generators

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-25

  Carder, Derek R ^a   Hawker, Les ^b   Parry, Anthony R ^c  

^a TRANSPORT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b HIGHWAYS AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Renewable energy; Research and development; Roads and highways

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; NOISE ABATEMENT; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; ROADS AND STREETS;

MOTORWAY NOISE BARRIERS; ROADS AND HIGHWAYS; SOLAR BARRIERS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 34249062419     PISSN: 14784629     EISSN: 17517680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/ensu.2007.160.1.17     Document Type: Article

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