Solar Canals Are Coming For Your Fossil Fuels
Solar canals deploy existing infrastructure for clean power, with the added benefit of conserving water in addition to generating clean power.
Solar canals deploy existing infrastructure for clean power, with the added benefit of conserving water in addition to generating clean power.
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.
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]
After setting up the innovative canal solar power projects, India’s Gujarat state may also set up the first solar roof on road project. The proposal is to cover major roads and highways with elevated platforms which will be fitted with solar modules. Scientists at the Gujarat Energy Research and Management … [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]