Solar roads are solar panels to be placed on existing roads, where you can drive and walk on. The application of solar roads is very expensive at the beginning, but can pay for itself after several years and even pay-off. Nevertheless, for municipalities this might be a big financial effort. The aim of this project was analysing the potential of solar roads in the German city Bensheim. In this area for each street section different parameters like Sky View Factor, slope gradient and exposure, orientation of the street and parking space were defined. Finally, it could be shown, that some segments are more preferable – wide main streets with a north-south orientation – than others, such as north facing slopes or historical sites in the city centre for the installation of solar roads. Also advantages and disadvantages for solar roads could be summed up.

太阳能道路是安装在现有道路上的太阳能电池板，您可以在那里开车和行走。太阳能道路的应用一开始是非常昂贵的，但几年后可以收回成本甚至回报。然而，对于市政当局来说，这可能是一项巨大的财政努力。该项目的目的是分析德国城市本斯海姆太阳能道路的潜力。在这个区域，为每个街道部分定义了不同的参数，如天空视角因子、坡度和曝光度、街道方向和停车位。最后，可以证明，某些路段（南北向的宽阔主要街道）比其他路段更可取，例如朝北的斜坡或市中心的历史遗址，用于安装太阳能道路。