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Solar panels between railway tracks? (www.euronews.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Chewie@slrpnk.net to c/energy@slrpnk.net

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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).

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 6 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

Tell me, why on earth would you put solar panels between rails?

were just trying to find some efficiency in the space wasted by rail not-in-use. thats a lot of land. im not saying its possible, but i dont think thought experiments about these kinds of things is a bad idea

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

That's like 0.00000001% of land.

There is so much unused land, why bother trains and their schedules with a maintenance nightmare between their rails?

It is just a stupid idea with no upside except the oily greasy dirty solar panels up-side that can't get cleaned because, ... wait for it ..., there are Trains running over it!

I can't fathom how such a stupid idea got more that 1 meter away from the bar counter.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I agree, there's so much land elsewhere. Even just beside the tracks would be better than between the tracks

[–] JGcEowt4YXuUtkBUGHoN@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

This works in factorio really well

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