The Solar Railway That Could Solve a Much Bigger Problem.

What if the biggest challenge facing solar power isn’t making the panels cheaper, but finding somewhere to put them? From solar panels between railway tracks in Switzerland to photovoltaic motorway noise barriers in South Korea, engineers are finding increasingly ingenious ways to generate clean electricity from infrastructure we’ve already built — without competing for valuable agricultural land. Help support this channel's independence at http://www.patreon.com/justhaveathink Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GWR73EHXGJMAE&source=url You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at BuyMeACoffee.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/justhaveathink Research links Sun-Ways website https://www.sun-ways.ch/en Plymouth University paper on UK solar https://pure.plymouth.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/50091626/Env_Prog_and_Sustain_Energy_-_2024_-_Braima_-_A_perspective_on_solar_railway_potential_for_the_UK.pdf USDA analysis of US rural solar https://ers.usda.gov/publications/109208 Earth's Future global analysis https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2024EF005291 Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators Simon Clark: youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys ClimateTown: youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA Dr Gilbz youtube.com/@DrGilbz zentouro: youtube.com/user/zentouro Climate Adam: youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam Kurtis Baute: youtube.com/user/ScopeofScience Sarah Karvner: youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ Our Changing Climate : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ