Not sure if this was mentioned cause there are quite a few comments on here. California is planning on putting them over the water canals to prevent evaporation and ‘save billions of gallons of water per year’.
“Brandi McKuin, the lead University of California researcher on the project, says dozens of people have told her they had the idea of covering canals with solar panels decades ago.”
Not sure if this was mentioned cause there are quite a few comments on here. California is planning on putting them over the water canals to prevent evaporation and ‘save billions of gallons of water per year’.
That’s a nightmare to maintain. The electricians would need to get hazard pay for the risk of falling and the risk of drowning.
India has been doing it since 2012, and these fuckers are claiming they invented the concept.
“Brandi McKuin, the lead University of California researcher on the project, says dozens of people have told her they had the idea of covering canals with solar panels decades ago.”