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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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[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

how about those flexible printed ones? They're protected from the wind by two metal barriers

[–] kokopelli@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah but they have thousands of tons of steel going overhead and rocks and dust all around. I don’t really see the advantage compared to a solar farm or a roof where they’re easier to set up and maintain

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago

Fair point, that won't help