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Floating solar farms are already rewriting the future of clean power

Floating solar farms have moved from novelty to serious infrastructure, turning reservoirs, lakes and sheltered coastal waters into power plants. As solar capacity races past 1,200 G worldwide, ...
WHYY

N.J. utilities float solar panels on reservoir, powering water treatment plant

Two New Jersey utilities have joined forces on a clean energy project to pump water from a reservoir to 84,000 homes and businesses. Solar panels from a project at a water treatment plant are shown ...
Civil Eats

As California Gets Drier, Solar Panels Could Help Farms Save Water

Satellite imagery of Topaz Solar Farm, a massive solar installation inland from San Luis Obispo in Central California, depicts an oasis of blue panels surrounded by sun-scorched earth. The images do ...
PBS

Solar panels built over water canals seem like a no-brainer. So why aren’t they widespread?

DENVER (AP) — Back in 2015, California’s dry earth was crunching under a fourth year of drought. Then-Governor Jerry Brown ordered an unprecedented 25 percent reduction in home water use. Farmers, who ...
Forbes

Solar-Powered Water Systems A Game Changer For Girls In Rwanda

Before the new solar-powered water taps were installed near her home in Kirehe District, Eastern Province, Rwanda, 13-year-old Adele walked for an hour every day before school to fetch water for her ...
The Hill

New Jersey utilities float solar panels on reservoir, powering water treatment plant

MILLBURN, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s Canoe Brook Water Treatment plant produces 14 millions gallons of drinking water a day. Each one of those gallons weighs around 8 pounds , so it’s quickly apparent ...