Solar PV noise barriers (PVNB) offer solutions to a multitude of issues that face communities and State Departments of Transportation. The PV modules serve a dual purpose as both a noise barrier and power generation facility, with the following suite of benefits:

• PV Noise Barriers are privately funded - they will be built without using state funds, allowing more noise barriers to be built wherever they are needed without impacting state budgets
• The energy produced by PV Noise Barriers can be sold at a discount to either DOTs or to communities at a reduced rate, saving taxpayers more money
• The benefits are not just financial - the environmental benefits of producing clean, renewable energy will help local and state governments achieve carbon reduction targets at no cost to taxpayers
• Minimum use of land