The Solar Railway That Could Solve a Much Bigger Problem.

What if the biggest challenge facing solar power isn’t making the panels cheaper, but finding somewhere to put them? From solar panels between railway tracks in Switzerland to photovoltaic motorway noise barriers in South Korea, engineers are finding increasingly ingenious ways to generate clean electricity from infrastructure we’ve already built — without competing for valuable agricultural land.

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Sun-Ways website
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Plymouth University paper on UK solar
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USDA analysis of US rural solar
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Earth's Future global analysis
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