
Solar project reimagines railway network as clean energy lifelines
Robin Eveleigh
created: July 1, 2025, 7 a.m. | updated: July 1, 2025, 4:56 p.m.
Switzerland needs to boost solar energy output seven-fold by 2035 to meet climate goals, but a scarcity of land available for large-scale PV plants poses a serious hurdle to scaling up.
Sign upNow bright sparks at solar developer Sun-Ways have come up with a solution that exploits some of Switzerland’s 5,000km (3,100 miles) of railway line: solar panels that slot between the tracks.
On the railways, you just need to convince a few key people in each territory to quickly install thousands of square metres of solar panels “We’re just complementary,” he told Positive News.
“Ideally, all homeowners should put solar panels on their roofs.
Rolled out across Switzerland’s rail network, the innovation could generate enough electricity to power up to 30,000 households.
10 hours, 8 minutes ago: Positive News