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Engineers reveal a hidden benefit of solar panels in California
« on: February 28, 2022, 02:33:06 PM »
"In a 2021 study, we showed that covering all 4,000 miles of California’s canals with solar panels would save more than 65 billion gallons of water annually by reducing evaporation."

https://www.inverse.com/innovation/first-solar-canal-project-is-a-win-for-water-energy-air-climate-in-california
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Re: Engineers reveal a hidden benefit of solar panels in California
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2022, 09:05:06 PM »
I was wondering the other day how much evaporation could be saved by covering the reservoirs. I did not have the vision to think of covering them with solar panels. Brilliant
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Re: Engineers reveal a hidden benefit of solar panels in California
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2022, 09:23:47 PM »
Credit India?

Solar arrays on canals – pv magazine International
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/03/10/solar-arrays-on-canals/
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Re: Engineers reveal a hidden benefit of solar panels in California
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2022, 02:24:29 PM »
Small city sets example for floating solar, empowered by NREL data set
https://techxplore.com/news/2022-03-small-city-solar-empowered-nrel.html
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Re: Engineers reveal a hidden benefit of solar panels in California
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2022, 05:39:42 PM »
Damn! As a 5yo ski student once asked me, "How did people get to be so clever?"
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