Swiss startup Sun-Ways has switched on a removable solar plant installed on a functioning railroad line in western Switzerland. A pilot project is currently under way in Buttes, Switzerland, and will run through 2028. “We installed solar panels as we would on the roof of a house,” Scuderi says at the unveiling of the project on April 24. As the climate crisis demands that we speed up Europe's energy transition, developers have been seeing new potential in unusual surfaces. Illustration of a solar power plant on railway tracks showcasing innovative. . Solar railways represent one of the most promising frontiers in sustainable transportation, where Europe's solar potential meets innovative railway engineering.