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Trains in Switzerland Are Now Running Over Solar Panels in a First-of-Its-Kind Test
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this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2026
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yeah I have a hard time believing we lack engineering skills to prevent shaking in structures.
I don't think it's that as much as it is putting modules near trains that have glass prone to micro cracks that can highly accelerate degradation of the panels to the point where they start cannabalizing others.
Still, I think you could probably install modules with polymeric front sheets instead of tempered glass to fix that issue.
No such thing as an impossible problem for engineers! Only impossible costs ;)
Makes me think of that one quote, "Any idiot can build a bridge that stands, but it takes an engineer to build a bridge that barely stands".