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Switzerland authorizes removable PV plant on railway track (www.pv-magazine.com)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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PV = Photovoltaic

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

All electricity is overhead for security reasons, routing solar energy through the rails would destroy that. Doing that (beyond the 100m test-track) would mean a prolongued political discussion.

Electricity is overhead for safety reasons (maybe that's what you meant by "security reasons"). As long as the voltage is kept low (< 48V) and the runs of solar panels aren't too long, the power can be run safely in the tracks.