Photovoltaics (PV) is not really a new technology. A number of difficulties have prevented it from broad market penetration. Aside from the development of new, more cost-effective technologies, possible solutions are either large-scale production or innovative programmes in urban areas that aim to make these new technologies available for more people. It€s known world-wide that Karlsruhe's suburban railways also travel on German Federal Railway tracks, but it's not so well known that they have been powered by electricity generated from a 100 kWp PV installation since 1998.
This case study was elaborated by Energie-Cités in collaboration with the municipal energy company of the city of Karlsruhe, Stadtwerke Karlsruhe. It received funding from the ALTENER Programme of Energy and Transport DG of the European Commission and the French Energy Agency ADEME.
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