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Arizona's solar-over-canal project will tackle its major drought issue (interestingengineering.com)

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 11 months ago (14 children)

The economic viability of this solar-over-canal approach is a key aspect. The need to acquire additional land is eliminated by utilizing the existing canal infrastructure, making the project considerably more cost-effective than traditional solar farms. This cost efficiency is critical in ensuring the scalability and replicability of such projects on a larger scale.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's also a win win design. Shade from the panels reduces evaporation in the canals and the water helps cool the panels which improves their efficiency.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It would be cheaper and easier to maintain separate instaaleions of a lightweight cover for the aquaduct and solar panel installed on solid ground. You could use the same money to add square miles of panels.

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