ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agoSwitzerland authorizes removable PV plant on railway trackwww.pv-magazine.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down1·8 hours agoI’m interested to see how this turns out, because I’m thinking this would significantly increase maintenance costs on those panels due to rocks being kicked up, vibration from the train, etc.
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoYou do get the advantage of easy and above all fast placement. Not sure how this would work out. There’s pros and cons I suppose.
minus-squareTheRealCharlesEames@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 hours agoMaybe it’s like a blanket that the train picks up over its head and runs underneath, setting it back down on the ground after it
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 hours agoReminds me of this, but in reverse: https://youtu.be/_0tVlLZLzeo?t=308
minus-squareTheRealCharlesEames@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoPretty close. Quick lets patent it
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 hours agoThere shouldn’t be any rocks kicked up because the trains should stay on the rails, not touch the ballast. But dirt, debris, and brake dust will absolutely collect very quickly. Maybe they’re counting on rain to keep them clean.
minus-squareJimmyMcGill@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoThere’s still massive amounts of air pressure changes Those can definitely lift some smaller rocks
I’m interested to see how this turns out, because I’m thinking this would significantly increase maintenance costs on those panels due to rocks being kicked up, vibration from the train, etc.
You do get the advantage of easy and above all fast placement.
Not sure how this would work out. There’s pros and cons I suppose.
Maybe it’s like a blanket that the train picks up over its head and runs underneath, setting it back down on the ground after it
Reminds me of this, but in reverse:
https://youtu.be/_0tVlLZLzeo?t=308
Pretty close. Quick lets patent it
There shouldn’t be any rocks kicked up because the trains should stay on the rails, not touch the ballast.
But dirt, debris, and brake dust will absolutely collect very quickly. Maybe they’re counting on rain to keep them clean.
There’s still massive amounts of air pressure changes Those can definitely lift some smaller rocks