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).

    • DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml
      3·
      1 hour ago

      This is Switzerland, outside of a small number of corridors the majority of tracks see virtually nothing but passenger trains.

    • ben_dover@lemmy.ml
      1·
      42 minutes ago

      i’d be more worried about about smudgy stuff. they get dusty, then it rains and the panel is covered in a film of dirt. bird shit on solar panels is already plaguing home users

    • lud@lemm.ee
      3·
      2 hours ago

      Trains with hoppers are not present on all railways though.