Solar Aquagrid
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Reimagining the untapped potential of California's exposed aqueducts for water-energy nexus solutions.
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Imagine: clean energy corridors running like a river through California and the American West. Kudos to @climatecentral and @weatherchannel for bringing to life the process unfolding. #ProjectNexus #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #ClimateSolutions
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Imagine: clean energy corridors running like a river through California and the American West. Kudos to @climatecentral and @weatherchannel for bringing to life the process unfolding. #ProjectNexus #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #ClimateSolutions
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October 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Imagine: clean energy corridors running like a river through California and the American West. Kudos to @climatecentral and @weatherchannel for bringing to life the process unfolding. #ProjectNexus #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #ClimateSolutions
youtu.be/He1lYPHUwSQ
Imagine: clean energy corridors running like a river through California and the American West. Kudos to @climatecentral and @weatherchannel for bringing to life the process unfolding. #ProjectNexus #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #ClimateSolutions
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Milestone reached! The #CAProjectNexus wide-span array is now commissioned—California’s first solar canal pilot is generating clean energy while showing how we can save water, conserve land, and power a sustainable future. #SolarCanals #ClimateSolutions #Renewables #CleanEnergy #SustainableFuture
September 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Milestone reached! The #CAProjectNexus wide-span array is now commissioned—California’s first solar canal pilot is generating clean energy while showing how we can save water, conserve land, and power a sustainable future. #SolarCanals #ClimateSolutions #Renewables #CleanEnergy #SustainableFuture
Reducing evaporation, conserving land, generating clean energy. Watch this video progress report on #CAProjectNexus, CA’s first solar canal pilot, as it starts to generate renewable electricity, data, & learning. #SolarCanals @turlockid.bsky.social @ucmerced.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yry9syts
Project Nexus | Solar Canal Pilot Project, March 2025
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April 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Reducing evaporation, conserving land, generating clean energy. Watch this video progress report on #CAProjectNexus, CA’s first solar canal pilot, as it starts to generate renewable electricity, data, & learning. #SolarCanals @turlockid.bsky.social @ucmerced.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yry9syts
Grateful to have the leaders from the CA state agencies responsible for land, energy, water attend the first #CASolarCanalSummit and engage with researchers to study how best to advance solar canals in California. The goal? To save water, land & generate renewable energy at scale.
March 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Grateful to have the leaders from the CA state agencies responsible for land, energy, water attend the first #CASolarCanalSummit and engage with researchers to study how best to advance solar canals in California. The goal? To save water, land & generate renewable energy at scale.
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What happens when 7 universities & 3 state agencies join forces to save water, land, and generate renewable energy at scale? The #CaliforniaSolarCanalInitiative
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March 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
What happens when 7 universities & 3 state agencies join forces to save water, land, and generate renewable energy at scale? The #CaliforniaSolarCanalInitiative
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Seven leading research universities are collaborating to advance solar arrays over California’s canals.
Full press release: drive.google.com/file/d/17qFI...
Full press release: drive.google.com/file/d/17qFI...
March 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Seven leading research universities are collaborating to advance solar arrays over California’s canals.
Full press release: drive.google.com/file/d/17qFI...
Full press release: drive.google.com/file/d/17qFI...
What happens when 7 universities & 3 state agencies join forces to save water, land, and generate renewable energy at scale?
The #CaliforniaSolarCanalInitiative. tinyurl.com/3nysetww
The #CaliforniaSolarCanalInitiative. tinyurl.com/3nysetww
March 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
What happens when 7 universities & 3 state agencies join forces to save water, land, and generate renewable energy at scale?
The #CaliforniaSolarCanalInitiative. tinyurl.com/3nysetww
The #CaliforniaSolarCanalInitiative. tinyurl.com/3nysetww
On this #NationalRenewableEnergyDay and 1st day of Spring, the #CAProjectNexus team is proud to announce that as of next week, we’ll not only be making shade but making energy as the first arrays of Project Nexus – California’s first solar canal pilot – go live! ☀️ 💧 #ClimateSolutions #SolarCanals
March 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
On this #NationalRenewableEnergyDay and 1st day of Spring, the #CAProjectNexus team is proud to announce that as of next week, we’ll not only be making shade but making energy as the first arrays of Project Nexus – California’s first solar canal pilot – go live! ☀️ 💧 #ClimateSolutions #SolarCanals
Happy National Renewable Energy Day. A new analysis shared with The New York Times shows how countries around the world are rapidly adding solar and wind capacity, now cheaper and more reliable than ever. tinyurl.com/mu6yzuwu #ClimateSolutions #SolarCanals #CAProjectNexus
Here’s What the Rise of Clean Energy Looks Like From Space
New data from a constellation of satellites 250 miles above Earth’s surface shows how solar and wind have taken off in recent years.
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March 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Happy National Renewable Energy Day. A new analysis shared with The New York Times shows how countries around the world are rapidly adding solar and wind capacity, now cheaper and more reliable than ever. tinyurl.com/mu6yzuwu #ClimateSolutions #SolarCanals #CAProjectNexus
Power from the sun, shade from the panels. Ever heard of solar orchards? Washington State is investing in dual-purpose solar panels that protect fruit from sun damage while powering farm equipment with clean energy. 🍎⚡https://tinyurl.com/7jsjbyzp #Agrivoltaics #ClimateSolutions #SolarInnovation
February 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Power from the sun, shade from the panels. Ever heard of solar orchards? Washington State is investing in dual-purpose solar panels that protect fruit from sun damage while powering farm equipment with clean energy. 🍎⚡https://tinyurl.com/7jsjbyzp #Agrivoltaics #ClimateSolutions #SolarInnovation
According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, “Floating solar could account for 1/2 of the solar capacity needed to decarbonize the US grid by 2050.” If only we sustain the political will. 🌊☀️ tinyurl.com/3c3d79hk #SolarEnergy #FloatingSolar #ClimateSolutions
January 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, “Floating solar could account for 1/2 of the solar capacity needed to decarbonize the US grid by 2050.” If only we sustain the political will. 🌊☀️ tinyurl.com/3c3d79hk #SolarEnergy #FloatingSolar #ClimateSolutions
“CA faces urgent pressure to expand #RenewableEnergy infrastructure on a finite amount of land. Solar may make the most out of this dilemma by broadening services beyond energy generation alone.” – UC Davis Wild Energy Center report
New report on the benefits of agrivoltaics, rangevoltaics, and ecovoltaics in California by the Wild Energy Center.
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December 10, 2024 at 12:43 AM
“CA faces urgent pressure to expand #RenewableEnergy infrastructure on a finite amount of land. Solar may make the most out of this dilemma by broadening services beyond energy generation alone.” – UC Davis Wild Energy Center report
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If California covered all its canals and aqueducts with solar, it could generate 13 GW of solar power and save 63 billion gallons of water, enough water for 2 million people & 50,000 irrigated acres. 🔌💡💧
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November 11, 2024 at 7:30 PM
If California covered all its canals and aqueducts with solar, it could generate 13 GW of solar power and save 63 billion gallons of water, enough water for 2 million people & 50,000 irrigated acres. 🔌💡💧
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UC Merced researchers are joining an effort to ease solar siting woes #CAProjectNexus
November 19, 2024 at 12:50 AM
UC Merced researchers are joining an effort to ease solar siting woes #CAProjectNexus
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. #ClimateSolutions #SolarCanals @ucmerced.bsky.social
November 1, 2024 at 7:58 PM
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. #ClimateSolutions #SolarCanals @ucmerced.bsky.social
⚡A round of 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. 👏 tinyurl.com/5h3dmwz4 #SolarCanals #ClimateSolutions #SustainableInnovation
Gila River Indian Community turns on power for first ever solar-over-canal project • Arizona Mirror
The Gila River Indian Community celebrated a historic milestone in its work to provide solutions for water conservation and renewable energy by activating the first-ever solar-over-canal project in th...
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October 16, 2024 at 7:46 PM
⚡A round of 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. 👏 tinyurl.com/5h3dmwz4 #SolarCanals #ClimateSolutions #SustainableInnovation
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. 💧🌞 tinyurl.com/4c2jprum #CAwater #CAdrought #WaterWise
September 26, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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. 💧🌞 tinyurl.com/4c2jprum #CAwater #CAdrought #WaterWise
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. tinyurl.com/2ujdmaeh #ClimateSolutions
Solar Farms Have a Superpower Beyond Clean Energy
The sites fight climate change and can help with another global crisis: the collapse of nature. But so far, efforts to nurture wildlife habitat have been spotty.
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September 24, 2024 at 4:21 PM
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. tinyurl.com/2ujdmaeh #ClimateSolutions
Saving water, conserving land, generating renewable electricity. Read how Western states are making significant strides in developing #SolarCanals projects like our friends in AZ with the Casa Blanca Canal situated on tribal land. tinyurl.com/yc5er5at #ClimateSolutions #SustainableFuture
Solar-Paneled Canopies over Canals Catching on in Southwest - Water Education Foundation
WESTERN WATER NOTEBOOK: Photovoltaic Shades Cut Evaporative Losses, Produce Clean Electricity
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September 9, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Saving water, conserving land, generating renewable electricity. Read how Western states are making significant strides in developing #SolarCanals projects like our friends in AZ with the Casa Blanca Canal situated on tribal land. tinyurl.com/yc5er5at #ClimateSolutions #SustainableFuture
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Check out this episode of the @volts.wtf podcast to learn about cutting-edge advancements like #perovskite semiconductors and tandem solar cells which are making solar cheaper, lighter and more efficient.⚡🔋 tinyurl.com/2f2tunby #SolarEnergy #Innovation #SolarPanels #PVPanels #ClimateSolutions
August 29, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Check out this episode of the @volts.wtf podcast to learn about cutting-edge advancements like #perovskite semiconductors and tandem solar cells which are making solar cheaper, lighter and more efficient.⚡🔋 tinyurl.com/2f2tunby #SolarEnergy #Innovation #SolarPanels #PVPanels #ClimateSolutions
From rooftops to farms to canals, innovative applications of #solar continue to grow, proving that a world powered by #renewables is w/i reach. See how farmers in AZ are using solar to protect their crops, while saving water & lowering electricity bills. tinyurl.com/38bf27tk
Arizona's drought: How solar farming aids agriculture
Discover how solar panels are helping Arizona farmers reduce water use, increase crop yield, and lower energy bills through agrivoltaics.
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August 28, 2024 at 5:13 PM
From rooftops to farms to canals, innovative applications of #solar continue to grow, proving that a world powered by #renewables is w/i reach. See how farmers in AZ are using solar to protect their crops, while saving water & lowering electricity bills. tinyurl.com/38bf27tk
🔋✨ CA is showing how a big state can power itself w/o fossil fuels. “CA has the 5th largest economy in the world… and in the course of a few months, the state has proved that it’s possible to run a thriving modern economy on clean energy.” tinyurl.com/bddaesfa #Renewable #RenewableRevolution
August 26, 2024 at 4:16 PM
🔋✨ CA is showing how a big state can power itself w/o fossil fuels. “CA has the 5th largest economy in the world… and in the course of a few months, the state has proved that it’s possible to run a thriving modern economy on clean energy.” tinyurl.com/bddaesfa #Renewable #RenewableRevolution
Excited to see the Nez Perce Tribe prove that healthy waterways and #RenewableEnergy at scale can coexist. By deploying #solar they are demonstrating how we can advance decarbonization without harming vital salmon populations. 🌞🌊 tinyurl.com/285rf3su #JustTransition
August 6, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Excited to see the Nez Perce Tribe prove that healthy waterways and #RenewableEnergy at scale can coexist. By deploying #solar they are demonstrating how we can advance decarbonization without harming vital salmon populations. 🌞🌊 tinyurl.com/285rf3su #JustTransition
“We are lucky to live in a state that values #ClimateSolutions (like solar canal development) … Our goal is to study in order to scale and develop a solution set.” – Robin Raj, Co-founder of Solar Aquagrid. tinyurl.com/469xvrfz
Solution Notes #2: Solar on canals
The West inches closer to covering canals with solar.
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July 19, 2024 at 4:26 PM
“We are lucky to live in a state that values #ClimateSolutions (like solar canal development) … Our goal is to study in order to scale and develop a solution set.” – Robin Raj, Co-founder of Solar Aquagrid. tinyurl.com/469xvrfz
More inspiring #innovation at the nexus of water and energy: #PalmdaleWaterDistrict and #Capture6 have broken ground on a first-of-its-kind wastewater treatment facility that also removes CO2 from the atmosphere. 🏗️💧https://tinyurl.com/mz3kh7va #Sustainability #GreenTechnology #ClimateSolutions
July 12, 2024 at 5:23 PM
More inspiring #innovation at the nexus of water and energy: #PalmdaleWaterDistrict and #Capture6 have broken ground on a first-of-its-kind wastewater treatment facility that also removes CO2 from the atmosphere. 🏗️💧https://tinyurl.com/mz3kh7va #Sustainability #GreenTechnology #ClimateSolutions