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California’s Project Nexus completed a 1.6-megawatt solar installation over two irrigation-canal sites in 2025, after researchers estimated that covering the state’s 6,400 kilometres of canals could prevent 63 billion gallons of annual evaporation—enough water for two million people—while the cooler microclimate above the canals could improve the panels’ efficiency.

12+ hour, 1+ min ago   (1036+ words) California’s 1.6-megawatt solar-canal pilot is operating, but the 63-billion-gallon water figure remains a statewide model estimate that the two sites are only beginning to test. By The Long View · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published September 14, 2026 · How we edit California’s Project…...