Europe Solar-Powered Railway Tunnel Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 20:12:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Europe's First Solar Powered Railway Tunnel Built In Antwerp, Belgium https://www.greenoptimistic.com/europe-solar-powered-railway-tunnel-20110606/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/europe-solar-powered-railway-tunnel-20110606/#respond Mon, 06 Jun 2011 20:12:32 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=18992 The city of Antwerp is going to open Europe's first solar-powered railway tunnel built on the line between Paris and Amsterdam. The 2.1 miles-long tunnel will get its clean energy from 50,000 solar panels installed on top of it. The electricity will be used to power the 186 mph trains as they pass underneath, as well as the additional infrastructure.

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