Rhode Island commission recommends 15 sites along the highway to install solar power. An analysis suggests it’s enough for 100,000 kW – average house needs 10 kW.
“It’s a slam dunk,” Robert Rocchio, a chief engineer at RIDOT, told commission members last month. “It’s a way of extracting value from land that otherwise has no utility.”
State and federal road groups will setup standard construction requirements, after which contractor bids will be requested.