{"id":134633,"date":"2024-10-15T07:56:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T04:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/how-do-solar-railways-work-startup-gets-green-light-for-pilot-project-in-switzerland\/"},"modified":"2024-10-15T07:56:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T04:56:52","slug":"how-do-solar-railways-work-startup-gets-green-light-for-pilot-project-in-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/how-do-solar-railways-work-startup-gets-green-light-for-pilot-project-in-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"How do solar railways work? Startup gets green light for pilot project in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134633\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Solar panels are set to be rolled out \u201clike carpet\u201d on railway tracks in Switzerland in a world-first. Swiss start-up Sun-Ways has been given the green light for a three-year pilot project in the western canton of Neuch\u00e2tel, with work to begin in spring 2025. As the climate crisis demands that we speed up Europe\u2019s energy transition, developers have been seeing new potential in unusual surfaces. Roadsides, reservoirs and farms are all finding space for solar systems, and other companies are experimenting with adding PV elements to railway sleepers too.<\/p>\n<p>But Sun-Ways is the first to patent a removable system, with the help of EPFL, the Swiss federal technology institute in Lausanne. The removable innovation is a crucial one since railway tracks need to be cleared from time to time for essential maintenance work.<\/p>\n<p>The Swiss company will use a mechanical system to install its removable solar panels. A train developed by Swiss track maintenance company Scheuchzer will travel along the rails, laying photovoltaic panels as it goes. It\u2019s just \u201clike an unrolling carpet&#8221;, says Sun-Ways. The specially designed train uses a piston mechanism to unfurl the one-metre-wide panels, pre-assembled at a Swiss factory. It claims to be able to install up to 1,000 m2 of solar panels per day. The start-up has big ambitions for its eco-innovation. In theory, panels could be rolled out across the entirety of Switzerland\u2019s 5,317 kilometre-long railway network. The photovoltaic cells would cover an area around the size of 760 football fields.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/10\/14\/solar-panels-could-be-installed-in-the-spaces-between-railway-tracks-in-world-first\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/5-613\/\">How do solar railways work? 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