Harnessing energy: An alternative way to view the management of highway assets

Williams, David

Abstract

Highway networks form the arteries of a country allowing goods and people to flow thereby creating the heartbeat of the economy. In the United Kingdom the level of funding available to continue to maintain this network to a high standard is set to reduce dramatically. This paper explores the potential for energy to be harnessed from the forces that the network is exposed to everyday, solar, wind, rainwater and kinetic energy from vehicles, to provide additional funding to local authorities, whilst also providing a potential solution to the trilemma of energy issues facing the UK: providing cheap, clean and renewable energy. The paper includes a set of recommendations to follow to bring this technology from the prototype phase to mass roll out.

Citation

Williams, D. (2018). Harnessing energy: An alternative way to view the management of highway assets. Infrastructure Asset Management, 5(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1680/jinam.18.00006

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 10, 2018
• Publication Date: May 10, 2018
• Deposit Date: May 29, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 15, 2018
• Journal: Infrastructure Asset Management
• Print ISSN: 2053-0242
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-7
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1680/jinam.18.00006
• Keywords: renewable energy, pavement design, infrastructure planning
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/868242
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1680/jinam.18.00006