California's first solar-covered canal is now fully online
www.canarymedia.com
The 1.6-MW pilot system is among a growing number of initiatives to put solar over waterways. The approach could generate gigawatts of power nationwide.
  • expatriado@lemmy.world
    7·
    10 days ago

    India have been doing this for a while, keeps the panels cooler(thus a bit more efficient), reduces evaporation, and does not require more land, but hardware and maintenance is more complicated and expensive

    • keepthepace@slrpnk.net
      19·
      10 days ago

      It is actually a good trick to assume that when a renewable “innovation” happens in the US, it has already been deployed somewhere else already. I love this 2012 picture of the Indian project: