Solar is the future, after all it’s literally limitless energy provided by the Sun, but many argue that we don’t have enough areas for solar farms. Well, one Swiss company may have figured that out. This is what they’re calling Sun-Ways and could help capture a massive amount of solar energy doubling the usage of a place that is already being utilized by trains.
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00:00Solar is the future.
00:05After all, it's literally limitless energy provided by the sun.
00:08But many argue that we don't have enough area for solar farms.
00:11Well, one Swiss company may have that figured out.
00:14This is what they're calling sunways, and it could help capture a massive amount of
00:18solar energy, doubling the usage of a place that is already being utilized by trains.
00:23The device sets out solar panels like a carpet between railroad tracks.
00:26And while it might not seem like a huge area, when added up, it really, really is.
00:30With the firm saying there is currently more than 75 and a half million square feet of
00:34unexploited area on train tracks right now, that's the equivalent of solar roofing on
00:38some 350,000 homes.
00:41Sunways says that while solar is the future, the industry faces a couple of issues with
00:44its uptake.
00:45The first being land use, with few people wanting to install massive solar fields on
00:49their property.
00:50The other is that the industry lacks workers who are qualified to install them.
00:54This new railway system solves both those problems, and could produce a whopping 30%
00:58of all energy in Switzerland if widely adopted.
01:01Sunways is now looking to expand, hopefully bringing their solar rail panels to the international
01:06stage soon.