Posted by: JaredFurtado on Oct 11, 2011

By Sami Grover

I've said it before, but symbolism is hugely important as we transition from the fossil fuel age to a clean energy economy. So the announcement that an iconic steam-era railway bridge is to become
the world's largest solar bridge is big news indeed. The fact that it will generate an estimated 900,000kWh of electricity every year just seems like icing on the cake.

A New industrial Age

Whether it is an old mine becoming the world's largest solar power plant, or an industrial dockyard used for coal deliveries now sporting gigantic wind turbines, some projects seem to have particular symbolic value when discussing the dawn of a new energy paradigm. But it would be a mistake to characterize the conversion of the Blackfriars railway bridge that spans the Thames near St. Paul's Cathedral as simply symbolic.

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