Comment on Solar panels on water canals seem like a no-brainer. So why aren't they widespread?
Aussiemandeus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah just makes sense, they just need some way to funnel rain water into them too still.
That itself is not hard either.
Dams too, rather then those little black balls ontop of the water a large solar array could help stop evaporation while still letting water collection happen
sin_free_for_00_days@lemmy.one 1 year ago
There are solar installations on quite a few dams around the world. It just makes a lot of sense. It keeps the panels cooler, which means they are more efficient, and the damns usually have turbines which means easy tie in with existing electrical grid.