Menzies could follow Japan by installing solar panels along train lines and linking them to community batteries.
Yes
It is an extremely good use of unproductive land
Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) is set to install Perovskite solar cells on Noise barriers along the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, covering approximately 650 Kilometers of track! The electricity generated from these cells is intended to power lighting at stations and other rail facilities. Demonstration experiments will begin this month at a research center in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, in collaboration with Sekisui Chemical. The deployment in Box Hill might attract more vandalism than in Japan
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