Originally published on Cleantechies. A government-owned power generation company in the western India state of Maharashtra has revealed expansive plans to utilize water bodies and generate solar power. Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (Mahagenco) recently floated tenders for the preparation of detailed project reports for setting up solar power … [continued]
Initiatives taken by the state of Gujarat in the renewable energy sector are increasingly getting absorbed in the national renewable energy policy of India. The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued guidelines to set up 100 MW solar power capacity (PDF) over and along the canals in the … [continued]
Reposted from Solar Love: I recently ran across this awesome image from Greenpeace International over on Google+: Luckily, the Google+ share also included a link to an Indian business site that had more details. The Hindu Business Line writes: Close on heels of commencing use of wastelands in northern districts … [continued]
Projects funded from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act will simultaneously generate renewable energy and increase water conservation WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced a $19 million investment from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to install solar panels over irrigation canals in California, Oregon and Utah, simultaneously decreasing … [continued]
Solar panels on canals can save water, prevent toxic algae blooms, conserve land, and generate zero emission electricity, too.
Every day in every way, in ways great and small, solar power is getting better and better. But we need more of it and we need it now.
Turlock Water & Power in California will test putting solar panels across some of its irrigation canals this year.
California puts a new twist on the new field of agrivoltaics, with an ambitious plan for covering irrigation canals with solar canopies
Below are three short summaries of recent renewable energy and climate-related news from NexusMedia. World’s Largest Floating Solar Array Comes Online In Shandong Province The world’s largest floating solar power array is now online in China’s Shandong province. The 320 MW facility built by Huaneng Power International is expected to … [continued]
Yale Climate Connections has shared how installing solar panels over California’s 4,000 miles of open canals could save around 65 billion gallons of water each year. Brandi McKuin of the University of California, Santa Cruz, shared her research and noted that canopies of solar panels over canals not only generate … [continued]
