Swiss startup Sun-ways is planning to build a 18 kW pilot PV system between the racks of a 100-m linear section of a railway line in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel.
If a chain, cable, or wire comes loose on a car then the panels are the least of anyone’s worries. Also expect emergency brakes to kick in automatically. This is a train, not a bicycle.
anyone remember solar roadways?
Actually, yes, I do. SOLAR FREAKING ROADWAYS
This isn’t nearly that dumb, because the train isn’t actually riding directly on top of the solar cells.
It’s close though, random shit gets dragged, kicked, dropped, etc all the time by trains.
A chain , cable, or wire comes loose on a car and goodbye panels and like all of them …
They could pair that with sensors / cameras for hanging things. These are already being produced and installed on tracks.
If a chain, cable, or wire comes loose on a car then the panels are the least of anyone’s worries. Also expect emergency brakes to kick in automatically. This is a train, not a bicycle.
I don’t why they don’t overhang them on frames. It’d cost more upfront, but hell alot cheaper than replacing the broken panels all the time.
Yeah, I looked up the French solar roadways after seeing this to see the headline of ‘total disaster’. So as expected.