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Having PV above water is something we should do immediately. As this article points out it seems to help with evaporation and evaporation is a big deal [1] wa
by dillondoyle 5y ago
Having PV above water is something we should do immediately.
As this article points out it seems to help with evaporation and evaporation is a big deal [1]
water out here and heading south just sits in concrete canals waiting to be flooded inefficiently onto crop land. but using way better irrigation is another topic.
[1] https://www.circleofblue.org/2013/world/report-evaporation-from-california-irrigation-adds-enough-water-to-colorado-river-to-supply-3-million-people/ https://www.circleofblue.org/2013/world/report-evaporation-f...
- prawn 5y agoThere was a story on HN the other month about solar panels above irrigation canals in India. Something like this: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200803-the-solar-canals-revolutionising-indias-renewable-energy https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200803-the-solar-canals...
- dillondoyle 5y agoLove it. I also remember one a long time ago about filling a reservoir with floating balls. But solar does two things at once.