atroxodisse t1_j7wkzp3 wrote on February 9, 2023 at 10:29 PM

Reply to comment by Sammy_Roth in I’m Sammy Roth, an L.A. Times reporter trying to figure out where to put all the solar and wind farms we'll need to fight climate change. Is farmland the answer? AMA! by losangelestimes

I read that India was installing panels over rivers to prevent water loss through evaporation and obviously for generating electricity. Also, kudos on using "the built environment" in a sentence.

Sammy_Roth t1_j7wrlo0 wrote on February 9, 2023 at 11:14 PM

Ha, thanks much for that. And yes, there's been some pioneering work on solar over water done in India, although still at a relatively small scale, as I understand it. Wrote about the potential in California here: https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2021-04-22/solar-power-water-canals-california-climate-change-boiling-point