How do solar railways work? Startup gets green light for pilot project in Switzerland



How do solar railways work? Startup gets green light for pilot project in Switzerland

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/10/14/solar-panels-could-be-installed-in-the-spaces-between-railway-tracks-in-world-first

by Maxcactus

2 comments
  1. Why not build a roof on the tracks and put the solar panels on the roof? Or,.. like… build them someplace else. We are not hurting for space on earth. I imagine it takes 5km of railway or more to have enough solar for 1MW of power. Trains tracks are long and skinny. 1km of track is maybe 1400 square meters.

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