Comment on Switzerland authorizes removable PV plant on railway track
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 1 month agoCovering parking lots is expensive and you lose spots to supports and there’s the inevitable car hitting those supports.
Putting panels between rail lines doesn’t need a structure so it should be far cheaper and easier to install and fix, even if they aren’t ideal.
GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 1 month ago
They will get dirty very fast, either from dirt thrown around by passing trains, or by the brake dust.
EtherWhack@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Also the heavy vibration that can occur when a train passes over
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
It shouldn’t be too hard to clean them with something running on the tracks, but it does seem less than ideal.
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 1 month ago
A chain or wire hanging off a train car and dragging along will “clean” them real quick…