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

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.

What happens when 7 universities & 3 state agencies join forces to save water, land, and generate renewable energy at scale? The #CaliforniaSolarCanalInitiative bit.ly/CASolarCanals

Seven leading research universities are collaborating to advance solar arrays over California’s canals. 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

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

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

“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

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. 🔌💡💧 www.tid.org/current-proj...

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

⚡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

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

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

🔋✨ 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

“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

The #CAProjectNexus team is proud to receive the 2024 Edmund G ‘Pat’ Brown Award for initiating the 1st solar canal project in CA. We’re grateful for CA’s environmental leadership and look forward to apply learnings to save land, water & generate renewable energy at scale. #CCEEB

Exciting to see AZ’s Gila River Valley #SolarCanals project progressing with the potential to deliver “greater power production per land size, cleaner water, less power transmission losses, and significant reductions in evaporation.” tinyurl.com/kpdjj78m #ClimateSolutions

Another exciting innovation in dual-use #ClimateSolutions: Beneath offshore wind turbines, researchers at #VattenFall and @aarhusuni.bsky.social explore the potential to grow fresh seafood. 🌿🦐🍴https://tinyurl.com/235n76aa #Energy #ClimateSolutions #SustainableFuture #EnergyTransition

From natural disaster byproduct to climate solution? Researchers at the University of Barcelona discover that volcanic ash could be a valuable and cost-effective #EnergyStorage medium. tinyurl.com/mw969kuw #VolcanicAsh #Energy #ClimateSolutions

Promising innovation from #UCBerkeley. Their recent study finds “upgrading power lines w/ advanced conductors could nearly double the capacity of existing transmission corridors at less than ½ the cost of building new lines.” tinyurl.com/32w7m6be #EnergyGrid #CleanEconomy #ClimateSolutions

The build is on. Foundations for #CAProjectNexus – CA’s 1st #solarcanal pilot – are now in place at #TurlockID for the narrow-span array. Every foundation laid is a step towards scaling renewable energy across the state given the 4,000 miles of available canals & aqueducts. #ClimateSolutions #Solar

We’re witnessing a race to the top. With #FirstSolar and #HanwhaQcells registering their products under a new environmental ratings system they become the US government’s 1st preferred green-label #SolarPanel vendors.  🌱🇺🇸 tinyurl.com/bdcu9yvp  #Renewables#SolarEnergy #CleanEconomy

Great to see to the Department of Energy speeding up & scaling up renewable capacity with their new #Transmission Interconnection Roadmap which will address the 2,600 GW of generation and storage capacity waiting to come online.💡🌱 tinyurl.com/49ymp5a7 #ElectricityGrid #CleanEconomy

Thrilled to see Gov. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social announce new fed & state funding for #SolarCanals development last Thursday. Along with solar canopies being deployed as part of #CAProjectNexus, the Delta Mendota pilot will study floating arrays over moving water to scale more broadly across CA.

“Solar power is now cheaper than coal in some parts of the world. In less than a decade, it’s likely to be the lowest-cost option almost everywhere.” tinyurl.com/46shtec6 #SolarEnergy #SolarPower #Renewables #CleanEconomy

The IRA is transforming rural America w/ 52 major new #CleanEconomy projects in its 1st yr (1/4 of all IRA spurred projects in the U.S.) generating 67k jobs and over $18B in worker income. Check out the full report from @e2org.bsky.social , authored by Clint Wilder: tinyurl.com/jdref3fx

With drought touching nearly a quarter of humanity, the urgent need for innovative climate solutions that conserve our most precious resource can’t be overstated. tinyurl.com/4z6wfz7d #Drought #SolarCanals #ClimateSolutions

From #SolarCanals to solar roadways to solar film in space, innovation continues to expand our understanding of where and how solar applications can be deployed at scale to urgently meet our renewable energy goals. tinyurl.com/ytb93n25 #ClimateSolutions #CleanEnergy #innovation

While thirst mounts for water #ClimateSolutions in the arid West, Phoenix and Southern California are driving major advances in the reuse of recycled sewage water. tinyurl.com/55t238m3 #RecycledWater #WaterReuse #WaterRecycling

#CAProjectNexus is proud to be featured among the innovative #ClimateSolutions rising across the U.S. by @nbcofficial.bsky.social. The potential for #SolarCanals is vast. Let the #CleanEconomy bloom. tinyurl.com/4cfcd8dv #CA_DWR #UCMerced #TurlockID #SolarEnergy #Renewables

#CAProjectNexus is proud to be featured in @nbcofficial.bsky.social's year-end climate special on innovative #ClimateSolutions. The potential for #SolarCanals is vast. 2024 is the year we pilot new designs in the Central Valley so we can study in order to scale. #CADWR #UCMerced #TurlockID

Momentum for floating solar solutions continues to grow, with plans to expand deployment at the Cirata hydropower reservoir in West Java, Indonesia to 500 MW. This expansion will make it the largest #FloatingSolar power plant in the world.🌍💡 tinyurl.com/cnhmyprs  #CleanEconomy #ClimateSolutions