sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 6 days agoTrains in Switzerland Are Now Running Over Solar Panels in a First-of-Its-Kind Testwww.zmescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square92linkfedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down16
arrow-up1330arrow-down1external-linkTrains in Switzerland Are Now Running Over Solar Panels in a First-of-Its-Kind Testwww.zmescience.comsabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square92linkfedilink
minus-squareHiro8811@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoI think the biggest limitations will be security, someone will definitely be trying to steal them
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoIsn’t this the case with all existing panels?
minus-squareHiro8811@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoYeah but you probably need to put them for long distances and you can’t really put cameras for hundreds of kilometres instead of let’s say the top of a parking lots or an enclosed field
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agosteal them train damages them they get dirty Wildlife infestation It makes more sense to put them up out of the way angled toward the sun just set up bleacher style farms along train routes
I think the biggest limitations will be security, someone will definitely be trying to steal them
Isn’t this the case with all existing panels?
Yeah but you probably need to put them for long distances and you can’t really put cameras for hundreds of kilometres instead of let’s say the top of a parking lots or an enclosed field
steal them
train damages them
they get dirty
Wildlife infestation
It makes more sense to put them up out of the way angled toward the sun
just set up bleacher style farms along train routes