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Imagine: clean energy corridors running like a river through California and the American West. Kudos to @climatecentral and @weatherchannel for bringing to life the process unfolding. #ProjectNexus #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #ClimateSolutions
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Milestone reached! The #CAProjectNexus wide-span array is now commissioned—California’s first solar canal pilot is generating clean energy while showing how we can save water, conserve land, and power a sustainable future. #SolarCanals #ClimateSolutions #Renewables #CleanEnergy #SustainableFuture

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Reducing evaporation, conserving land, generating clean energy. Watch this video progress report on #CAProjectNexus, CA’s first solar canal pilot, as it starts to generate renewable electricity, data, & learning. #SolarCanals @turlockid.bsky.social @ucmerced.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yry9syts

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Grateful to have the leaders from the CA state agencies responsible for land, energy, water attend the first #CASolarCanalSummit and engage with researchers to study how best to advance solar canals in California. The goal? To save water, land & generate renewable energy at scale.

Quote from CA Natural Resource Secretary Wade Crowfoot: "California is leading the way, exploring innovative solutions to tackle climate change and strengthen our water and energy resilience. We are excited to see top research institutions come together to help deploy solar panels over water canals - a big idea with great potential. Science-driven collaborations like this one are critical to guide our path forward"

What happens when 7 universities & 3 state agencies join forces to save water, land, and generate renewable energy at scale? The #CaliforniaSolarCanalInitiative

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Seven leading research universities are collaborating to advance solar arrays over California’s canals.

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What happens when 7 universities & 3 state agencies join forces to save water, land, and generate renewable energy at scale?
The #CaliforniaSolarCanalInitiative. tinyurl.com/3nysetww

On this #NationalRenewableEnergyDay and 1st day of Spring, the #CAProjectNexus team is proud to announce that as of next week, we’ll not only be making shade but making energy as the first arrays of Project Nexus – California’s first solar canal pilot – go live! ☀️ 💧 #ClimateSolutions #SolarCanals

Here’s What the Rise of Clean Energy Looks Like From Space New data from a constellation of satellites 250 miles above Earth’s surface shows how solar and wind have taken off in recent years.

Happy National Renewable Energy Day. A new analysis shared with The New York Times shows how countries around the world are rapidly adding solar and wind capacity, now cheaper and more reliable than ever. tinyurl.com/mu6yzuwu #ClimateSolutions #SolarCanals #CAProjectNexus

Power from the sun, shade from the panels. Ever heard of solar orchards? Washington State is investing in dual-purpose solar panels that protect fruit from sun damage while powering farm equipment with clean energy. 🍎⚡https://tinyurl.com/7jsjbyzp #Agrivoltaics #ClimateSolutions #SolarInnovation

According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, “Floating solar could account for 1/2 of the solar capacity needed to decarbonize the US grid by 2050.” If only we sustain the political will. 🌊☀️ tinyurl.com/3c3d79hk #SolarEnergy #FloatingSolar #ClimateSolutions

“CA faces urgent pressure to expand #RenewableEnergy infrastructure on a finite amount of land. Solar may make the most out of this dilemma by broadening services beyond energy generation alone.” – UC Davis Wild Energy Center report

If California covered all its canals and aqueducts with solar, it could generate 13 GW of solar power and save 63 billion gallons of water, enough water for 2 million people & 50,000 irrigated acres. 🔌💡💧
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UC Merced researchers are joining an effort to ease solar siting woes #CAProjectNexus

Excited to be making shade. Narrow span construction currently underway for #CAProjectNexus, California’s first solar canal pilot, with wide-span construction to begin in early 2025. #ClimateSolutions #SolarCanals @ucmerced.bsky.social

Gila River Indian Community turns on power for first ever solar-over-canal project • Arizona Mirror The Gila River Indian Community celebrated a historic milestone in its work to provide solutions for water conservation and renewable energy by activating the first-ever solar-over-canal project in th...

⚡A round of congratulations to Arizona’s Gila River Indian Community for turning on the power last week for the first solar-over-canal pilot project in the U.S. 👏 tinyurl.com/5h3dmwz4 #SolarCanals #ClimateSolutions #SustainableInnovation

The most recent map from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows that severe drought has returned to California, underscoring the on-going need for climate solutions which support water conservation. 💧🌞 tinyurl.com/4c2jprum #CAwater #CAdrought #WaterWise

Solar Farms Have a Superpower Beyond Clean Energy The sites fight climate change and can help with another global crisis: the collapse of nature. But so far, efforts to nurture wildlife habitat have been spotty.

By utilizing already disturbed land, #SolarCanals also have the potential to take dual-use super powers to the next level, conserving water, increasing panel efficiency and improving water and air quality. tinyurl.com/2ujdmaeh #ClimateSolutions

Solar-Paneled Canopies over Canals Catching on in Southwest - Water Education Foundation WESTERN WATER NOTEBOOK: Photovoltaic Shades Cut Evaporative Losses, Produce Clean Electricity

Saving water, conserving land, generating renewable electricity. Read how Western states are making significant strides in developing #SolarCanals projects like our friends in AZ with the Casa Blanca Canal situated on tribal land. tinyurl.com/yc5er5at #ClimateSolutions #SustainableFuture

Check out this episode of the @volts.wtf podcast to learn about cutting-edge advancements like #perovskite semiconductors and tandem solar cells which are making solar cheaper, lighter and more efficient.⚡🔋 tinyurl.com/2f2tunby #SolarEnergy #Innovation #SolarPanels #PVPanels #ClimateSolutions

Arizona's drought: How solar farming aids agriculture Discover how solar panels are helping Arizona farmers reduce water use, increase crop yield, and lower energy bills through agrivoltaics.

From rooftops to farms to canals, innovative applications of #solar continue to grow, proving that a world powered by #renewables is w/i reach. See how farmers in AZ are using solar to protect their crops, while saving water & lowering electricity bills. tinyurl.com/38bf27tk

🔋✨ CA is showing how a big state can power itself w/o fossil fuels. “CA has the 5th largest economy in the world… and in the course of a few months, the state has proved that it’s possible to run a thriving modern economy on clean energy.” tinyurl.com/bddaesfa #Renewable #RenewableRevolution

Excited to see the Nez Perce Tribe prove that healthy waterways and #RenewableEnergy at scale can coexist. By deploying #solar they are demonstrating how we can advance decarbonization without harming vital salmon populations. 🌞🌊 tinyurl.com/285rf3su #JustTransition

Solution Notes #2: Solar on canals The West inches closer to covering canals with solar.

“We are lucky to live in a state that values #ClimateSolutions (like solar canal development) … Our goal is to study in order to scale and develop a solution set.” – Robin Raj, Co-founder of Solar Aquagrid. tinyurl.com/469xvrfz

More inspiring #innovation at the nexus of water and energy: #PalmdaleWaterDistrict and #Capture6 have broken ground on a first-of-its-kind wastewater treatment facility that also removes CO2 from the atmosphere. 🏗️💧https://tinyurl.com/mz3kh7va #Sustainability #GreenTechnology #ClimateSolutions

The #CAProjectNexus team is proud to receive the 2024 Edmund G ‘Pat’ Brown Award for initiating the 1st solar canal project in CA. We’re grateful for CA’s environmental leadership and look forward to apply learnings to save land, water & generate renewable energy at scale. #CCEEB

The US is about to get its first solar-covered canal Thousands of miles of canals stretch across the U.S. A pilot project on tribal land in Arizona shows the benefits of covering these waterways with solar panels.

Exciting to see AZ’s Gila River Valley #SolarCanals project progressing with the potential to deliver “greater power production per land size, cleaner water, less power transmission losses, and significant reductions in evaporation.” tinyurl.com/kpdjj78m #ClimateSolutions

Another exciting innovation in dual-use #ClimateSolutions: Beneath offshore wind turbines, researchers at #VattenFall and @aarhusuni.bsky.social explore the potential to grow fresh seafood. 🌿🦐🍴https://tinyurl.com/235n76aa #Energy #ClimateSolutions #SustainableFuture #EnergyTransition

Is Volcanic Ash an Answer to Efficient Solar Energy Storage? Volcanic ash, typically seen as a disruptive force, is now hailed by University of Barcelona researchers as a valuable energy storage medium

From natural disaster byproduct to climate solution? Researchers at the University of Barcelona discover that volcanic ash could be a valuable and cost-effective #EnergyStorage medium. tinyurl.com/mw969kuw #VolcanicAsh #Energy #ClimateSolutions