A solar panel project should ideally be installed and placed outside of the floodplain. . Yet when Jordan Harris and Robin Raj went knocking on doors with an idea that addresses both water loss and climate pollution — installing solar panels over irrigation canals — they couldn't get anyone to commit. With devastating heat, record-breaking wildfire, looming. . A project to install solar panels over canals in Arizona is finally getting off the ground. shade a Turlock Irrigation District canal in Stanislaus County, California. In other words, the goal is to produce renewable energy while preventing the evaporation of drinking water – the best of both worlds.
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