Switzerland is testing solar panels installed between train tracks. See how this rail corridor is becoming a source of clean ...

A train line in western Switzerland now carries two kinds of traffic: passengers above, and sunlight below. On a 100-meter stretch of active railway near the village of Buttes, 48 solar panels sit ...

Now, there’s a company looking to address that problem with a simple yet radical solution: Putting renewable energy into giant batteries and transporting those batteries by train. SunTrain is a San ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SNCF, the national railway company of France, is exploring the use of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules on railway tracks. The ...

Swiss startup Sun-Ways inaugurated its railway PV project in April in Neuchatel, Switzerland, after more than two years of planning. Joseph Scuderi, founder of Sun-Ways, tells pv magazine that the ...

In Eaton, there's an experimental train car. It carries materials for energy but it isn't oil, natural gas or coal. Essentially, it's a giant battery lumbering down the tracks to help alleviate ...

A working train line in western Switzerland is now running over something unusual: solar panels embedded between the rails. On a 100-meter stretch near the village of Buttes, 48 photovoltaic panels ...

Swiss train manufacturer Stadler and Sardinian transport operator ARST are officially planning the development ...