America's First Solar Panel-Covered Irrigation Canals Planned in California, Arizona

In 2015 the founders of "Solar AquaGrid" proposed water-saving solar panels to shade irrigation canals, but they "couldn't get anyone to commit," remembers the Associated Press.
But "fast forward eight years," and you'll find them "preparing to break ground on the first solar-covered canal project in the United States."The idea is simple: install solar panels over canals in sunny, water-scarce regions where they reduce evaporation and make electricity. A study by the University of California, Me