Solar panels being installed over canals in India. It prevents water evaporation & saves land

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dcwalden on January 21st, 2022 at 17:02 UTC »

What a great idea. California should do this down the entire aqueduct.

notwithagoat on January 21st, 2022 at 17:24 UTC »

I know if you have a difference in temperature and pressure you can pull water out of the humidity in the air. I wonder if you somehow put that to cool the solar panels if you can get a bunch of water off that heat difference.

Dalmahr on January 21st, 2022 at 18:20 UTC »

Another benefit to this is the water under also helps keep the panels a little cooler too so the efficiency of electricity generation will be higher.