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This helps control evaporation losses as well, the water flow in canals is more predictable which helps. Also there is a great potential for floating solar espe
by newyankee 6y ago
This helps control evaporation losses as well, the water flow in canals is more predictable which helps. Also there is a great potential for floating solar especially behind existing hydro as the grid infrastructure almost exists.
- elongatedMusku 6y agoI wonder how this would affect the climate, the rains especially.
- raducu 6y agoGiven that a square of 300X300km would produce enough electricity to power the WHOLE WORLD, and 300X300km square of ocean is such a minuscule thing, I'd say -- no measurable impact.
- xaedes 6y agoA good point from a dead comment : "I wonder how this would affect the climate, the rains especially." Reducing water evaporation should have some kind of effect. Does anybody know of weather and/or rain effects due to these evaporation preventing floating black balls on reservoirs?
- CyberDildonics 6y agoYou might want to check the numbers on the cost of enough solar panels to actually affect evaporation enough to make any change in local climate.
- usrusr 6y agoLess evaporation losses means more water will reach irrigation networks where it will evaporate anyways (either before or after temporarily becoming part of a plant)
- toper-centage 6y agoThe reduction of evaporation is negligible when wete talking about affecting local climate. These are man made canals after all.