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A strip of track in the Swiss Jura carries 48 solar panels laid flat between the rails and thousands of trains have run over them, but the array covers only 330 feet of a national network
17+ hour, 6+ min ago (812+ words) A single track railway in the western Swiss mountains, pasture on both sides, a station a short walk away. Between the rails, where there is normally gravel and nothing else, a run of dark blue panels lies flat. They sit…...
ARES??? Nevada Demonstrator Shows Why Rail Gravity Storage Is A Train Wreck
22+ hour, 27+ min ago (946+ words) Michael Barnard is Chief Strategist at TFIE Strategy and publisher of Michael Barnard’s TFIE Strategy Briefing at briefing.tfie.io. He works with investors, infrastructure strategists, NGOs, startups, policymakers, and public-interest organizations on reality-based decarbonization strategy, investment-thesis testing, technology diligence,…...
Switzerland Turns Railway Tracks Into a Working Solar Farm
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (376+ words) After a year of operation in Neuchâtel, 48 panels generated 16,000 kWh across 104 metres while surviving 11,000 train passages A working railway in a Swiss village is also, quietly, a solar power plant. On 24 April 2025, Swiss startup Sun-Ways and regional rail operator TransN…...
Japan, China to build world’s fastest train that could beat airplanes
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (541+ words) Japan and China are locked in a high-speed rail race to build the world’s fastest train, with next-generation maglev technology aiming to rival short-haul flights. Here’s how the competition could reshape global travel and transport infrastructure Japan and China are…...
New electro-hydraulic technology harvests energy from moving trains
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (367+ words) The platform harvests energy continuously from track vibration, structural flex, and constant dynamic loading as trains move at full speed. The rumble of a heavy freight train carries immense force. Soon, that trackside vibration could directly feed high-tech data centers....
Trains in Switzerland Are Now Running Over Solar Panels in a First-of-Its-Kind Test
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1052+ words) The pilot turns unused railway space into a small but closely watched solar test. A train line in western Switzerland now carries two kinds of traffic: passengers above, and sunlight below. The Buttes project, which became operational on April 24, 2025, is…...
Wheels have passed inches above 48 solar panels bolted flat between the rails of a working Swiss line more than 11,000 times, and the glass is still making power at ground level without anyone cleaning it
3+ week, 3+ day ago (812+ words) The strip of ground between two railway rails is dead space. Every line on earth has it, and on every line it holds gravel and nothing else. On one regional line in western Switzerland that strip holds dark blue glass…...
A 2-foot-wide electric train once patrolled the Holland Tunnel between New York and New Jersey
3+ week, 4+ day ago (487+ words) Long before electric vehicles became mainstream, a tiny battery-powered railcar was already zipping through one of the busiest crossings in the United States. The unique machine once patrolled the Holland Tunnel between lower Manhattan, New York, and Jersey City, New…...
How Maglev (Magnetic Levitation) Trains Reach Such High Speeds
3+ week, 5+ day ago (116+ words) A fascinating TED-Ed lesson by Dr. Ning Zhao, directed by Vicente Numpaque of Dr3i Studio and Hernando Bahamon of Globizco Studios, explained how Maglev (magnetic levitation) trains work, the two major approaches to magnetic levitation, and how they reach such high…...
Japan Just Shipped a 1,000-Foot Bullet Train to Another Country
3+ week, 5+ day ago (126+ words) Published Aug 18, 2026 12:39 PM EDT Taiwan was the first country to borrow Shinkansen tech for its own high-speed rail system 19 years ago. The line runs from Taipei at the north of the island, through the more developed western coast, and terminates…...