The solar panels sit over Turlock Irrigation District canals in Central ... aquatic weed growth and can improve water quality, reduce canal maintenance. It also saves land; we can avoid taking ...

California is using federal dollars for infrastructure improvement to pilot placing solar canopies over parts of its aqueducts to improve green energy production ... also investing $20 million in two ...

The $20 million project grew out of a 2021 study at University of California campuses in Merced and Santa Cruz.