Arizona utilities have long rejected covering canals with solar panels. Here's why that may change
So, canals in the valley are open to the public. We are prohibited from entering the waters, but we can hang out on the paths?
I knew an epileptic who rode her bike down the path--until she had a seizure.
In that article they mentioned:
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One SRP board member asked Pane why the Central Arizona Project canal that delivers Colorado River water to Phoenix and Tucson wasn't a good candidate for solar, because unlike SRP canals in metro Phoenix, the CAP is closed to the public.
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It didn't seem like they had a good answer.
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The Gila River Indian Community announced last year it was building a pilot project to cover part of its canals with help from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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[T]he Turlock Irrigation District in California announced it would also develop a $20 million pilot project testing solar on a canal. Both the Gila River and Turlock projects bill themselves at the first-of-their-kind in the U.S.
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People kept complaining that maintenance equipment wouldn't fit under the panels.
I always visualized them as high as solar parking.
Why wouldn't they be high like solar parking?
How low are these imbeciles visualizing this? Sure, solar farms are usually near the ground, but you would need to be able to see across the canal!
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Pane said that solar equipment would have to get built high enough to allow emergency vehicles to pass, and that because SRP canals are open to the public, safety is a major consideration.
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