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Power in the Path

Have you ever taken a bike in the sun? It might make your ride a little hotter, but a cycle path in a sunny area can be a good thing. In fact, in the Netherlands, one company decided to build a cycle path that can 1           energy using the sun.

In the town of Krommenie, there’s a 70m (230ft.) cycle path with solar panels built into it. These panels 2        light from the sun’s 3       . They then use that light to create 4           which can 5          specific things (like street lights) or go right into the electrical grid. In its first year, this short path was creating enough energy to power one house for a whole year.

Developers are still doing research. They must make sure the path is strong enough for buses and trucks to drive over it. They must also make sure the path isn’t 6          because that could get slippery, causing cyclists to fall. This test path must be just right before this type of path can be built in other places.

In another Dutch town, Eindhoven, there’s a cycle path that uses solar energy to make art. The path, which opened in 2014, is made up of thousands of tiny lights that absorbs that sun during the day and 7            at night. From above, these lights combine to look like the famous painting The Starry Night by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. This one-kilometre path is part of a larger cycle path that honours van Gogh, who lived in this area from 1883 to 1885. It’s a beautiful and creative way of using the power of the sun, and the path now attracts many visitors.