Excited to be making shade. Narrow span construction currently underway for #CAProjectNexus , California’s first solar canal pilot, with wide-span construction to begin in early 2025. University of California, Merced researchers are simultaneously installing instrumentation to study water savings and water quality alongside renewable energy production and land savings from siting solar arrays over canals. Turlock Irrigation District, California Department of Water Resources #ClimateSolutions #SolarCanals #CleanEnergy #SustainableFuture #Renewables
Solar AquaGrid
公用事业
Marin County，California 440 位关注者
Reimagining the untapped potential of California's exposed aqueducts for water-energy nexus solutions.
关于我们
Solar AquaGrid is an advisory, envisioneering, and project development firm dedicated to reimagining our canals and aqueducts by accelerating the adoption of innovative solutions at the nexus of water and energy in the face of increasing drought and climate change. Based in the Bay Area, Solar AquaGrid is a mission-driven enterprise that works at the intersection of science, design, engineering, technology, and common sense. Our team believes that in an age of historic drought, our exposed canals, aqueducts, and large water conveyance systems should be covered to reduce evaporation and generate clean renewable energy to local communities across the arid West. Most recently, Solar AquaGrid initiated Project Nexus, a pilot project funded by the state of California to study the benefits of installing solar panels over canals to reduce evaporation and generate clean energy at scale. It is a private-public-academic partnership between Solar AquaGrid, California Department of Water Resources, University of California, Merced, and Turlock Irrigation District, the first and oldest irrigation district in California. The project was originated by Solar AquaGrid after it commissioned a UC Merced study, published in 2021 by journal Nature Sustainability, which showed that covering California's 4,000 miles of canals with solar could save 63 billion gallons of water annually while generating about one-sixth of the state's current solar capacity, improving water quality, and avoiding the use of undisturbed land. A first-in-the-nation undertaking, Project Nexus is planning to break ground in 2023 with completion in 2024.
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https://www.solaraquagrid.com
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- 2-10 人
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- Marin County，California
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- 私人持股
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- Project Management、Solar Panels、Water-Energy Nexus、Project Development、Energy、Green Energy、Renewable Energy、Water Savings、Collaboration、Partnership、Solar Energy和California
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US，California，Marin County
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Power from the sun, shade from the panels. Ever heard of solar orchards? Washington State is investing in dual-purpose solar arrays that protect fruit from sun damage while powering farm equipment with clean energy.????https://lnkd.in/gF9izhug?#Agrivoltaics #ClimateSolutions #SolarInnovation
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According to?National Renewable Energy Laboratory, “Floating solar could account for half of the solar capacity needed to decarbonize the US grid by 2050.” If only we sustain the political will.???????https://lnkd.in/gYg_KsCD?#SolarEnergy #FloatingSolar #ClimateSolutions
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If only we sustain the political will.?#ClimateSolutions #FloatingSolar
?? Exciting news in renewable energy! Our new study shows that federally controlled reservoirs could help meet the United States' energy needs. This NREL study, published in the journal Solar Energy, shows that reservoirs could host enough floating solar panels to generate up to 1,476 terawatt hours—that's enough energy to power approximately 100 million U.S. homes a year! Explore their findings and this high-potential solution ?? https://bit.ly/3C9ZrQs
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“California faces urgent pressure to expand renewable energy infrastructure on a finite amount of land. Solar projects may make the most out of this dilemma by broadening the services they offer beyond energy generation alone.” - University of California, Davis?Wild Energy Center?https://lnkd.in/gPNcMgJg #ClimateSolutions #Innovation #SolarEnergy
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UC climate experts are in Azerbaijan this week for the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference or #COP29. Here in California, we're not waiting for global governments to act. Here's a few of the major climate breakthroughs to come out of UC labs in 2024 ?? https://bit.ly/3URuoyM
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“Half of its 1,440 panels are in place, as are the concrete footings and steel frames for the remainder.” Thank you The Modesto Bee for writing about how construction at the first Project Nexus location is going. https://lnkd.in/gHANKTfA
Turlock Irrigation District is placing solar panels atop canals. And the world is watching
modbee.com
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?Congratulations to Arizona’s?Gila River Indian Community?for turning on the power last week for the first solar-over-canal pilot project in the U.S.????And the #CAProjectNexus solar canal pilot in CA’s Central Valley is under construction and not far behind!?https://lnkd.in/gEgjJxPH?#SolarCanals #ClimateSolutions #SustainableInnovation
Gila River Indian Community turns on power for first ever solar-over-canal project ? Arizona Mirror
https://azmirror.com
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The most recent map from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows that severe drought has returned to California, underscoring the on-going need for climate solutions which support water conservation.?????https://lnkd.in/gmQk2-mv?#CAwater #CAdrought #WaterWise
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By utilizing already disturbed land,?#SolarCanals also?have the potential to take dual-use super powers to the next level, conserving water, increasing panel efficiency, and improving water and air quality.?https://lnkd.in/gB6Z39YN?#CleanEnergy #ClimateSolutions #SolarEnergy #SolarFarm
Solar Farms Have a Superpower Beyond Clean Energy
https://www.nytimes.com