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How installing solar canopies over canals can help California fight drought
Story at a glance The $20 million experiment, dubbed “Project Nexus,” is funded by the state of California and will assess whether solar panel canopies erected over exposed irrigation canal systems can significantly reduce water evaporation while simultaneously generating renewable power.  Researchers from the University of California, Merced determined that covering the 4,000 miles of California’s open canals with solar panels could save upward of 63 billion gallons of water each year. The study found the solar canopies could generate about 13 gigawatts of renewable power annually, the equivalent to about one sixth of California’s installed capacity. A first-i

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