ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 hours agoSwitzerland authorizes removable PV plant on railway trackwww.pv-magazine.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkSwitzerland authorizes removable PV plant on railway trackwww.pv-magazine.comArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 hours agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareryathallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 hours 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.
minus-squareGenosseFlosse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·49 minutes agoThey will get dirty very fast, either from dirt thrown around by passing trains, or by the brake dust.
minus-squareryathallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·37 minutes agoIt shouldn’t be too hard to clean them with something running on the tracks, but it does seem less than ideal.
Covering 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.
They will get dirty very fast, either from dirt thrown around by passing trains, or by the brake dust.
It shouldn’t be too hard to clean them with something running on the tracks, but it does seem less than ideal.