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Switzerland Unveils World’s First Operational Solar Railway Project (cleantechnica.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/energy@slrpnk.net

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[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 months ago (3 children)

What is the upside of building panels into the rail instead of next to it?

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 4 points 3 months ago

So it can be installed by the train.

[–] sonori@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

This way an ‘innovative’ and ‘disruptive’ approach that can be the basis of a startup that can be sold to a bigger company or IPO for a bunch of money, and as a bonus draw clean energy funding away from tried and tested solutions into inefficient gimmicks that in turn keep the gas plants running that much longer.

[–] Willy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

the article covers that.