A half-mile solar strip floats above an irrigation canal in Gujarat, generating 1.6 million kilowatt-hours of power while saving 2.38 million gallons of water from evaporation
- When it comes to solar panels, they are usually spread across rooftops or open fields where they serve more purposes than just providing energy.
- But near Chandrasan village in the western Indian state of Gujarat, a roughly 2,460-foot ribbon of panels sits above moving irrigation water, turning an existing canal into both a power site and a shade structure.
- A solar plant on the waterThe Gujarat State Electricity Corporation developed the canal-top plant with support from Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam, the public company that owns and maintains the canal network.
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- When it comes to solar panels, they are usually spread across rooftops or open fields where they serve more purposes than just providing energy.
- But near Chandrasan village in the western Indian state of Gujarat, a roughly 2,460-foot ribbon of panels sits above moving irrigation water, turning an existing canal into both a power site and a shade structure.
- A solar plant on the waterThe Gujarat State Electricity Corporation developed the canal-top plant with support from Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam, the public company that owns and maintains the canal network.
Sources: Times of India