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A bridge that repurposes abandoned viaducts, produces energy AND looks futuristically sleek? Yes, it can be true, and it is Italy’s proposed Wind Turbine Viaduct called “Solar Wind.” Southern Italy is dotted with unused viaducts, and rather than spending $50 million to tear them down, town officials near Calabria held a competition called “Solar Park South,” open to designers and engineers asking them to come up with an environmentally conscious way to re-use the existing structures.

Technology, sustainable architecture, bridges, italy, roads, solar panels, solar roads, wind power, wind turbines, wind energy, solar energy
Technology, sustainable architecture, bridges, italy, roads, solar panels, solar roads, wind power, wind turbines, wind energy, solar energy
Technology, sustainable architecture, bridges, italy, roads, solar panels, solar roads, wind power, wind turbines, wind energy, solar energy

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