Highway Renewable Energy: Harnessing the Suns Energy through Noise Barriers and Structural Snow Fencing Status: ActiveProject Start Date: 04/26/2019Subscribe for Updates Summary: MnDOT is interested in extending noise barrier and structural snow fencing to have the capacity of harvesting solar energy. There are vast noise barrier and snow fencing existing in Minnesota highway system. Even though they have served their purposes, they could be expanded to harvest solar energy at no extra cost. Final Deliverables: Related Materials: Study Underway to Harness Renewable Energy From Minnesota's Highways - (Blog Post) Work Plan - (Work Plan) Related Research: