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A lot of threads point to the dangers and inefficiencies, as well as political motivations.

Does anyone know the economics of paving roads with cement or tar per m^2? The labor and material cost would be transferred and somewhat offset installing solar elsewhere.

I can not speak to the claims of safety, but I would imagine the decision is rational enough not to be endangering lives.

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I would be interested to hear this argument out. This was the first thing that came to my mind: are there any savings in the costs of the actual road? If you take those savings into account, what does the net cost / kwh look like?

You still need to build a normal road under the solar panels. They aren't going to be laying solar panels on dirt.

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