WHY?! Dave from eevblog did the math and it's bad

Did we really fill up all the area on top of roofs, parkings lots, industrial areas, etc., and we're running out, and we have to put solar cells on railroads?

On the Solar Rail

For there's much we just don't know

So farewell with a kiss

Then it's fast for the mist

Till we're sleeping in the cold below

This trial tied the panels to the grid, but they want to connect it to railway substations or directly in to the trains power system for the traction motors.

Making the power only available for trains.

And never at night, as is typical with solar panels.