25 aprile 2025|
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|7 months agoSwitzerland Launches Pioneering Rail Track Solar Project
First removable solar power facility installed on Swiss railway tracks in Neuchâtel, aiming to power trains with renewable energy generated between rails.
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- Switzerland launched its first removable solar power facility on railway tracks in Neuchâtel
- The project is implemented by Vaud-based start-up Sun-Ways
- Installation is done mechanically using a special Scheuchzer train
- Switzerland has 5,000 kilometers of railways and tracks potential for solar installation
By The Numbers
100
linear metres of TransN line covered
48
solar panels installed
1,000
square meters of solar panels installable in few hours
2.5
million panels theoretical installation potential
They Said
"In the long term, our ambition is to produce energy between the rails and re-inject it into the traction current of the trains so that it is practically 100% self-propelled"