EEVblog 1683 - Sun-Ways Solar Freakin' RAILways - Part 2
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Sun-Ways actually went ahead and installed Solar Freakin' RAILways in the Swiss village of Buttes at the cost of US$700,000 ! Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vItnxhWRqw References: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/climate-change/switzerland-turns-train-tracks-into-solar-power-plants/89227914 https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science/swiss-solar-railway-project-gets-back-on-track/87707181 https://www.startupticker.ch/en/news/sun-ways-opens-world-s-first-rail-ready-track-mounted-solar-power-plant https://www.youtube.com/@sun-ways https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/09/italian-startup-testing-pv-sleepers-on-railway-line/ https://pvwatts.nrel.gov/pvwatts.php Paper on railway dust: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896971401451X?via%3Dihub https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25461038/ Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1683-sun-ways-solar-freakin-railways-part-2/ Web Site: http://www.eevblog.com Hardware Store: https://eevblog.store/ Merch Store: https://eevblog.dashery.com/ If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/eevblog Or with crypto: BTC: 33BsprBQNBtHuVzVwDmqWkpDjYnCouwASM ETH: 0x68114e40ff4dcdd384750500501e20acf3875f8c BCH: 35n9KBPw9T7M3NGzpS3t4nUYEf9HbRmkm4 USDC: 0x68114e40ff4dcdd384750500501e20acf3875f8c LTC: MJfK57ujxy55su4XicVGQc9wcEJf6mAoXF Other channels: EEVblog2: http://www.youtube.com/EEVblog2 EEVdiscover: https://www.youtube.com/eevdiscover #ElectronicsCreators #Solar #Debunking
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