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As the sibling points out, canals seem like a good place to shade water with solar, though probably not floating.
by ch4s3 4y ago
As the sibling points out, canals seem like a good place to shade water with solar, though probably not floating.
- ncmncm 4y agoFloating is overwhelmingly better, because cold panels are more efficient than dry ones.
- schimmy_changa 4y ago^ small nit - cold panels are more efficient than hot ones, not dry ones!
- ncmncm 4y agoDry panels get hotter than wet ones can.
- schimmy_changa 4y agoCanals are tough because the maintenance of the canal is much harder, and the flow of the canal also makes things tricky. Dr. Brandi McKuin has done some work here, looks like the best way to do this is to hang the panels suspended on cables over the canals, but that requires a lot of steel and is thus fairly expensive. I don't think we've cracked that nut yet...