World's first solar cycle lane opens in the Netherlands

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Solar power joined pedal power in Amsterdam on Wednesday.

A short stretch of the bike path connecting the city's suburbs of Krommenie and Wormerveer has been embedded with solar panels that could potentially produce enough electricity to power three houses.

Henk Kamp, Netherlands' Minister of Economic Affairs, and Provincial-Executive Elisabeth Post cycled the first few metres of the path to mark the completion of the scheme, which is the world's first public road with embedded panels.