Solar panels will be rolled onto Swiss railway tracks ‘like a carpet’
www.euronews.com
After long delays, the removable PV system will finally be tested on a western track next spring.

I’m all for putting solar panels all over the place, but won’t these get dusty and oily and need loads of cleaning after trains pass over?

Also, costing €623,000 over three years sounds rather expensive for just 100m (although that roughly equates to 11KW).

  • kokopelli@lemmy.world
    7·
    17 days ago

    My dad worked with a guy who is designing a system like this and it makes all the sense.

    1. you shade the parking spaces

    2. you absorb less heat into the ground than tarmac

    3. free energy

    4. direct panel-to-car charging for EVs