WATTWAY AROUND THE WORLDMontpellier, France | Wattway Pack
Installed on the surface of a bicycle path, Wattway
photovoltaic panels make a traffic monitoring camera energy
self-sufficient 24/7.
© Hervé Fabre

WATTWAYSOLUTIONS

Oyama, Japan | Local self-powering
18 Wattway photovoltaic panels produce some of the electricity consumed
by the adjacent training building.
© David Michaud-Gokan KK

Thorn Turn, England | Local self-powering
216 photovoltaic panels (installed capacity 27 kWp) on thesurface of the Thorn Turn recycling centre car park supply
some of the building’s energy needs.
© Pictures55

The global challenge of the energy transition is making
renewable energy the priority if we are to achieve thegoals set by the Paris international climate treaty.
To meet this growing need for renewable energy, theInternational Energy Agency has prioritised photovoltaictechnology, aiming to make solar electricity generation theworld’s largest energy source by 2050. However, without
devoting more land to renewable energy production,
existing constructed surfaces will be insufficient to meetsuch a large-scale roll-out.
Addressing the requirements of asset owners, Wattway
photovoltaic panels can be installed on paved surfaces.
This makes them one of the most innovative solutions for
producing renewable energy locally by doubling up thefunction of traffic spaces to produce renewable energy. Thepanels can be integrated into existing paved surfaces, whichmeans they can be used to further expand photovoltaic
energy production worldwide. Wattway makes it possible tocreate sustainable infrastructure that produces renewableenergy locally.

Perpignan, France | Wattway Pack
The six panels installed on the pavement make the four charging stations
for electric bikes energy self-sufficient.
© Hervé Fabre

www.wattwaybycolas.com
July 2022

Wattway enables asset owners to think about energy
differently, by pooling local resources (including energy,parking and local services). Wattway technology, developedby the Colas Group—one of the world’s leading transport
infrastructure companies—is one of the building blocks of
tomorrow’s energy mix, and is available in several variants.

WATTWAY PACK

an ideal solution for making electrical equipment
energy self-sufficient

Wattway Pack is a standalone roadsideelectrical outlet, which is vital in locations
where the power grid is non-existent or
remote, and connecting equipment to it
would be complex and expensive.
The versatile Wattway system can makeany type of roadside electrical equipment
energy self-sufficient, both in urban andrural areas.
The concept is straightforward: traffic-readyphotovoltaic panels fixed to the pavement
surface make it possible to produce andstore renewable energy. Then make yourroadside equipment energy self-sufficient byplugging it into the Wattway Pack (recharging
stations for bicycles or electric scooters,
surveillance cameras, Internet-connectedbenches or bus shelters, animated billboards,
and so on).
The Wattway Pack is a solution for local
energy self-sufficiency. It is quick to installand can be incorporated into the existing
paved surface, opening up the possibility of
inexpensively supplying power to roadsideelectrical equipment.

Grave, Netherlands
Wattway panels installed on a bicycle path produce renewable energy© Oscar Timmers-Capa pictures

A Wattway Pack makes the LED lights along the pedestrian walkway infront of Toa Road headquarters energy self-sufficient in the evenings© David Michaud-Gokan KK

SELF-POWERING

to make your buildings more energy self-sufficient

EXAMPLES OF
WATTWAY PACK USES

Environmentally-friendlymobility

Wattway is a system that can be installed on any
paved surface, over areas between several
hundred to several thousand square metres toproduce your own renewable energy locally.
The concept: photovoltaic panels installed on the
paved surface produce electricity from the sun’s rays.
That electricity is then fed directly into an adjacentbuilding without any batteries for energy storage.
This system enables local energy self-sufficiency
by doubling up the function of paved surfaces, which
avoids the need to encroach on any productive space.

Making pedestriancrossings safer

Wattway is a particularly useful solution in locations
where space is at a premium.

Internet-connected
street furniture

The traffic-ready photovoltaic panels are fixed tothe paved surface, which protects them from theftand strong winds. This system can also be used tosupplement the renewable energy supply at sites
already equipped with conventional systems(photovoltaic roof panels, etc.).

Illuminated and energy self-sufficient pedestrian crossing in Toulon © Hervé Fabre

Surveillance camera

Wattway
Unobtrusive integration intothe existing paved surface

Energy production close tothe place of consumption

Can be adapted to fit in theavailable space to optimise the useof the existing paved surface

Sturdy; less susceptible
to vandalism

Limits the environmental
impact - no encroachingon additional land

WATTWAY AROUND THE WORLDMontpellier, France | Wattway Pack
Installed on the surface of a bicycle path, Wattway
photovoltaic panels make a traffic monitoring camera energy
self-sufficient 24/7.
© Hervé Fabre

WATTWAYSOLUTIONS

Oyama, Japan | Local self-powering
18 Wattway photovoltaic panels produce some of the electricity consumed
by the adjacent training building.
© David Michaud-Gokan KK

Thorn Turn, England | Local self-powering
216 photovoltaic panels (installed capacity 27 kWp) on thesurface of the Thorn Turn recycling centre car park supply
some of the building’s energy needs.
© Pictures55

The global challenge of the energy transition is making
renewable energy the priority if we are to achieve thegoals set by the Paris international climate treaty.
To meet this growing need for renewable energy, theInternational Energy Agency has prioritised photovoltaic
technology, aiming to make solar electricity generation theworld’s largest energy source by 2050. However, without
devoting more land to renewable energy production,
existing constructed surfaces will be insufficient to meetsuch a large-scale roll-out.
Addressing the requirements of asset owners, Wattway
photovoltaic panels can be installed on paved surfaces.
This makes them one of the most innovative solutions for
producing renewable energy locally by doubling up thefunction of traffic spaces to produce renewable energy. Thepanels can be integrated into existing paved surfaces, whichmeans they can be used to further expand photovoltaic
energy production worldwide. Wattway makes it possible tocreate sustainable infrastructure that produces renewableenergy locally.

Perpignan, France | Wattway Pack
The six panels installed on the pavement make the four charging stations
for electric bikes energy self-sufficient.
© Hervé Fabre

www.wattwaybycolas.com
July 2022

Wattway enables asset owners to think about energy
differently, by pooling local resources (including energy,parking and local services). Wattway technology, developedby the Colas Group—one of the world’s leading transport
infrastructure companies—is one of the building blocks of
tomorrow’s energy mix, and is available in several variants.