Switzerland generates traction current with solar panels
Solar panels at Zürich Seebach railway station, source: SBB
Swiss railway operator SBB is moving further in implementing its energy-saving policy. The company has started to generate traction energy with the help of solar panels. In five years, SBB will consume only traction current produced from renewable sources.
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French SNCF and I think German DB plans to install solar farms,Indian Railways pv farms will be connected to the grid not 3rd rails/overhead cables.Riding Sunbeams Ltd installed a community owned pv farm in Aldershot,Surrey,England for 3rd rail trains and is developing 25kv inverters for overhead cables in Wales.I could’t find out if OBB new inverter,3rd prize at EPCON Awards 2015,linking a pv farm to Ostbahn line,Austria is 25kv or 15kv,if former Riding Sunbeams could use the design in Wales.
Good informative article