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Reimagining the untapped potential of California's exposed aqueducts for water-energy nexus solutions.

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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Necessity drives innovation. Partnerships power progress. 🌞💧California's first solar canal pilot is now generating energy, saving water, and reducing algae growth. Grateful to Dept. of Water Resources, Turlock Irrigation District @UCMerced. Watch the full story: vimeo.com/1218071306
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Project Nexus: The Promise of Solar Canals in California and Beyond
Project Nexus represents California’s first solar canal pilot. Announced in February 2022, it serves as a proof-of-concept demonstration project to test the installation and efficacy of solar panel c...
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
“Project Nexus demonstrates that canals can do more than move water. The goal is not just more solar over canals, but the right solar over the right canals as we drive down costs.” — @rbalesuc.bsky.social, @ucmerced.bsky.social. @turlockid.bsky.social, @canaturalresources.bsky.social
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California Needs Water and Clean Power. It Might Have a Fix for Both.
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
The potential to scale #SolarCanals in CA just got a big boost. Thank you to Waverley Street Foundation for seeing the opportunity to reimagine water & energy infrastructure w/ a dual-use approach that saves water, conserves land & generates clean energy. www.waverleystreet.org/stories/what...
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What if California's canals could power the state's clean energy…
The California Solar Canal Initiative is turning water canals into solar power generators.
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Wade Crowfoot @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Water + Solar + Innovation = www.gov.ca.gov/2026/04/29/g...
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Grateful to live in CA where innovation is a mindset. Proud to join @canaturalresources.bsky.social, CA DWR, @ucmerced.bsky.social & Turlock ID to mark construction completion of the state’s first solar canal pilot—a climate solution that saves water, conserves land & generates clean energy.
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
solaraquagrid 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
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
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
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
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
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Project Nexus | Solar Canal Pilot Project, March 2025
This is "Project Nexus | Solar Canal Pilot Project, March 2025" by Citizen Group on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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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Monica Dean @monicadean.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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
Quote from CA Natural Resource Secretary Wade Crowfoot: "California is leading the way, exploring innovative solutions to tackle climate change and strengthen our water and energy resilience. We are excited to see top research institutions come together to help deploy solar panels over water canals - a big idea with great potential. Science-driven collaborations like this one are critical to guide our path forward"
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USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences @dornsife.usc.edu · 25/03/2025
Seven leading research universities are collaborating to advance solar arrays over California’s canals. Full press release: drive.google.com/file/d/17qFI...
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
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
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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
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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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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
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
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
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
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
“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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UC Merced @ucmerced.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
UC Merced researchers are joining an effort to ease solar siting woes #CAProjectNexus
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 01/11/2024
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
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 16/10/2024
⚡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
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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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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 26/09/2024
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
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
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
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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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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 09/09/2024
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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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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Citizen Group @citizengroup.bsky.social · 29/08/2024
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
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
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
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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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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 26/08/2024
🔋✨ 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
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 06/08/2024
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
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 19/07/2024
“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
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Solution Notes #2: Solar on canals
The West inches closer to covering canals with solar.
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 12/07/2024
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
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 11/07/2024
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
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 09/07/2024
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
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The US is about to get its first solar-covered canal
Thousands of miles of canals stretch across the U.S. A pilot project on tribal land in Arizona shows the benefits of covering these waterways with solar panels.
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 08/07/2024
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
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 02/07/2024
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
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Is Volcanic Ash an Answer to Efficient Solar Energy Storage?
Volcanic ash, typically seen as a disruptive force, is now hailed by University of Barcelona researchers as a valuable energy storage medium
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 27/06/2024
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
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 25/06/2024
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
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 12/06/2024
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
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First Solar, Qcells to be US government's preferred green-label panel vendors
Two of the world's biggest solar panel makers, First Solar and Hanwha Qcells, are the first to register products under an environmental ratings system that will make them preferred in U.S. government purchasing, an industry group said on Tuesday.
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 22/05/2024
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
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 11/04/2024
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.
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 13/02/2024
“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
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Citizen Group @citizengroup.bsky.social · 02/02/2024
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
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
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
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Drought Touches a Quarter of Humanity, U.N. Says, Disrupting Lives Globally
The crisis, worsened partly by climate change, has been accompanied by soaring food prices and could have consequences for hunger, elections and migration worldwide.
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
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
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 05/01/2024
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
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 22/12/2023
#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
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 21/12/2023
#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
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Solar Aquagrid @solaraquagrid.bsky.social · 20/12/2023
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
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