Light at night, energy by day. We owe this concept to the German architect and designer Peter Kuczia who calls it the Solar Veloroute . The structure is reminiscent of a tunnel made of metal arches covered with a canvas to cut off the sun's rays during the day and protect from the wind. On top are installed non-reflective solar panels which benefit an electrical installation to which it is sufficient to connect charging stations but also lights so that the tunnel remains usable in the evening. Simple, basic, typical of the time.

2000 MWh of green electricity. Peter Kuczia had previously considered turning every urban footbridge spanning an expressway into a solar farm for a bridge project in Beijing . According to him, 1 kilometer of Solar Veloroute would produce some 2,000 MWh of electricity. What "  power 750 homes or provide electricity to more than 1000 electric cars  " each year, estimates the designer . A welcome renewable source to recharge our bikes, scooters and why not cars.

Town hall is looking for finances for transition. The track should interest many cities caught between temporary coronapistes and the demand for new tracks. The number of cycle paths increased by 27% last year (source: Union Sport & Cycle), adding millions of two-wheelers that need infrastructure to ride safely, unfortunately expensive to install. Knowing that these can produce energy possibly redirected to charging stations can be a very intelligent calculation to make this transition profitable.