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Solar panels between railway tracks? (www.euronews.com)
submitted 1 month ago by Chewie to c/energy
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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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[–] m_f@midwest.social 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I expect it would turn out like this:

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-world-s-first-solar-road-has-turned-out-to-be-a-disappointing-failure

And here's a Hacker News thread discussing it