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Turning railroad tracks into solar power plants

In a groundbreaking leap for clean energy and infrastructure, Switzerland has launched the world's first operational solar power system installed directly on active railway tracks. . The start-up Sun-Ways has installed solar panels between the rails of a line near Buttes in western Switzerland. The idea came to Joseph Scuderi in 2020 while waiting for a train. He wondered why the space. . Switzerland is pioneering the concept of turning its national rail network into a massive, decentralized power plant, and the results could reshape the future of green energy infrastructure. A pilot project is currently under way in Buttes, Switzerland, and will run through 2028. SNCF Group is France's largest electricity. .