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Originally Posted by chedder
California is looking at covering canals with solar panels. Apparently India has done it in a few places. Saves water and produces power. Cost and maintenance are the issues but you'd think that can be worked out. Seems like a great idea as it's not using more farm land just the space above already used infrastructure.
But here in Alberta, those canals are probably within 35 km of some park so it'll be a no-go [emoji50]
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Interesting idea and doesn't seem to have much of a downside at first glance. If they would be effective in reducing evaporation.