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Title: Solar panels between the rails in Switzerland Post by: Surrey 455 on March 19, 2023, 01:29:39 From Euronews (https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/03/17/solar-panels-could-be-installed-in-the-spaces-between-railway-tracks-in-world-first)
Quote Solar panels are being rolled out “like carpet” on railway tracks in Switzerland. Swiss start-up Sun-Ways is installing panels near Buttes train station in the west of the country in May, pending sign-off from the Federal Office of Transport. As the climate crisis demands that we speed up Europe’s energy transition, developers have been seeing new potential in unusual surfaces. Roadsides, reservoirs and farms are all finding space for solar systems. And Germany’s Deutsche Bahn is also experimenting with adding solar cells to railway sleepers. Continues.... Title: Re: Solar panels between the rails in Switzerland Post by: Electric train on March 19, 2023, 07:15:30 From Euronews (https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/03/17/solar-panels-could-be-installed-in-the-spaces-between-railway-tracks-in-world-first) Quote Solar panels are being rolled out “like carpet” on railway tracks in Switzerland. Swiss start-up Sun-Ways is installing panels near Buttes train station in the west of the country in May, pending sign-off from the Federal Office of Transport. As the climate crisis demands that we speed up Europe’s energy transition, developers have been seeing new potential in unusual surfaces. Roadsides, reservoirs and farms are all finding space for solar systems. And Germany’s Deutsche Bahn is also experimenting with adding solar cells to railway sleepers. Continues.... I doubt Track Maintainenance Engineers will be overly keen on the idea, would make tamping the track a pain Title: Re: Solar panels between the rails in Switzerland Post by: broadgage on March 19, 2023, 07:31:31 I am in general in favour of renewable energy, including solar.
Installation between the rails seem a very odd choice, impedes track maintenance, and liable to shading by vegetation, snow or dead leaves. I would have thought that roofs of station buildings might be a better choice. Title: Re: Solar panels between the rails in Switzerland Post by: stuving on March 19, 2023, 12:30:38 I doubt Track Maintainenance Engineers will be overly keen on the idea, would make tamping the track a pain There's a video here (https://www.sun-ways.ch/) about it, which says these are "removable solar panels". So the same special train that rolls them out and clips them in place can also roll them up again to allow maintenance work. Maybe in Switzerland the obvious corollary, that it's also easy for them to be stolen, is not sen as an issue! Title: Re: Solar panels between the rails in Switzerland Post by: johnneyw on April 26, 2025, 23:02:02 Rail Avent carries an article about an experiment in Switzerland placing solar panels down the middle of railway lines. It's hoped that success would generate enough power for 300,000 households or 30% of the power needed for public transport.
Article link below. https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/04/switch-on-for-worlds-first-on-track-solar-power.html Title: Re: Solar panels between the rails in Switzerland Post by: GBM on April 27, 2025, 09:04:16 Ah!
Covered here in 2023 Solar panels between the rails in Switzerland https://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=30199.0 Title: Re: Solar panels between the rails in Switzerland Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 27, 2025, 09:18:41 Topics now merged here.
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