Canal Solar Panels

Canal Solar Panels

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Impact of Floyd’s Murder, IBS Therapy, Pandemic Dreams

Episode: Impact of Floyd’s Murder, IBS Therapy, Pandemic Dreams

  • May 25, 2021 8:00 pm
  • 12:21 mins

Solar panels could save more than 65-billion gallons of water a year for California while also providing power. But we're not talking about any old solar panels. They would be installed to cover up canals. With the west in a major drought, this solution could provide much-needed relief. University of California Santa Cruz postdoctoral researcher Brandi McKuin and her team did some simulations on how canal solar panels would work in California.