After long delays, the removable PV system will finally be tested on a western track next spring. Solar panels are set to be rolled out “like carpet” on railway tracks in Switzerland in a world-first. Swiss start-up Sun-Ways has been given the green light for a three-year pilot project in the western canton of Neuchâtel, with work to begin in spring 2025.
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 other companies are experimenting with adding PV elements to railway sleepers too…
The removable innovation is a crucial one since railway tracks need to be cleared from time to time for essential maintenance work.
How are solar panels added to tracks?
