(Image credit: SunWays)
Switzerland based start-up SunWays has developed a Solar PV system that can be placed between railway tracks.
The project began in May 2023 and has placed connected a mechanically detachable Solar PV plant on a section of a railway line operated by Transport Publics Neuchatetais SA. The technology was developed in cooperation with the Swiss Innovation Agency ‘innosuisse’ and ‘Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lousanne’.
The PV systems themselves are developed in a factory then loaded onto a train. The train itself will then roll out the modules onto the train tracks ‘like a carpet.’ The modules are also designed to be removed at any time to ensure ease of track maintenance. If successful, the project could spread over 7000km and generate 1TwH of solar power.
SunWays are being very ambitious in their growth of the technology. The company want to expand the solar technology across the global rail network to maximise solar generation. Globally the railway network spans 1.16mn km and 260,000km across Europe. SunWays have already contacted investors in Europe and the United States about offering its solution globally.
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