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Imagine: clean energy corridors running like a river through California and the American West. Kudos to @ClimateCentral and @weatherchannel for bringing to life the process unfolding: #ProjectNexus @CA_DWR @ucmerced @TurlockID #RenewableEnergy youtu.be/He1lYPHUwSQ

Milestone reached! The #CAProjectNexus wide-span array is now commissioned—California’s first solar canal pilot is generating clean energy while showing how we can save water, conserve land, and power a sustainable future. #SolarCanals #CleanEnergy #SustainableFuture

Reducing evaporation, conserving land, generating clean energy. Watch this video progress report on #CAProjectNexus, CA’s first solar canal pilot, as it starts to generate renewable electricity, data, & learning. #SolarCanals @TurlockID @ucmerced tinyurl.com/yry9syts

@USC, @USCdornsife | @UCBerkeley | @UCIrvine | @ucmerced | @UCSF | @SJSU | @UnivOfKansas

With #CAProjectNexus, CA’s 1st #SolarCanal pilot starting to generate clean energy & data, our public/private/academic collaboration is expanding to study community use cases for scaling. Grateful for all partners who joined Monday’s #CASolarCanalInitiative Summit!

Michelle Reimers, Michelle Reimers Consulting, former GM @TurlockID | Andrew Schwarz, CA Department of Water Resources | @CA_DWR | @CalNatResources | @CalEnergy

Samantha Arthur, California Natural Resources Agency | You Chen Chao, CA Department of Water Resources | David Erne, California Energy Commission | Kate Gordon, @moveCAFWD | Danny Kennedy, @NewEnergyNexus | Felicia Marcus, @Stanford | Walter McGuire, Environmental Policy Center

Grateful to have the leaders from the CA state agencies responsible for land, energy, water attend the 1st #CASolarCanalSummit and engage with researchers to study how best to advance solar canals in California. The goal? To save water, land & generate renewable energy at scale.

The California Solar Canal Initiative (CSCI), including USC, is exploring solar panels over canals to save water, generate clean energy, and boost sustainability. With support from USC Public Exchange, researchers are developing tools to help scale this innovative solution. Learn more about the project: Press release: uscprice.page/4226G5U USC Public Exchange: uscprice.page/4l7sJRs @USCDornsife | @USCViterbi | @UCBerkeley | @UCIrvine | @ucmerced | @uclaw_sf | @SJSU | @UnivOfKansas | @SolarAquaGrid

Seven leading research universities are collaborating to advance solar arrays over California’s canals. #CaliforniaSolarCanalInitiative Full release: x.com/USCDornsife/st… @USC @USCPrice @SolarAquaGrid @UCIrvine @UCSF @ucmerced @UCBerkeley @UnivOfKansas @SJSU

What happens when 7 universities & 3 state agencies join forces to save water, land, and generate renewable energy at scale? The #CaliforniaSolarCanalInitiative. tinyurl.com/3nysetww @USCDornsife @ucmerced @UCBerkeley @UCIrvine @UCSF @SJSU @UnivOfKansas

On this #NationalRenewableEnergyDay & 1st day of Spring, the #CAProjectNexus team is proud to announce that as of next week, we’ll not only be making shade but making energy as the 1st arrays of Project Nexus – CA’s first solar canal pilot – go live! #SolarCanals @TurlockID💧🌞

Happy National Renewable Energy Day. A new analysis shared with The New York Times shows how countries around the world are rapidly adding solar and wind capacity, now cheaper and more reliable than ever. tinyurl.com/mu6yzuwu #ClimateSolutions #SolarCanals #CAProjectNexus

Power from the sun, shade from the panels. Ever heard of solar orchards? Washington State is investing in dual-purpose solar panels that protect fruit from sun damage while powering farm equipment with clean energy. 🍎⚡tinyurl.com/7jsjbyzp #Agrivoltaics #ClimateSolutions

According to @NREL, “Floating solar could account for 1/2 of the solar capacity needed to decarbonize the US grid by 2050.” If only we sustain the political will. 🌊☀️ tinyurl.com/3c3d79hk #SolarEnergy #FloatingSolar #ClimateSolutions

If only we sustain the political will. #ClimateSolutions #FloatingSolar

“CA faces urgent pressure to expand #RenewableEnergy infrastructure on a finite amount of land. Solar may make the most out of this dilemma by broadening services beyond energy generation alone.” – UC Davis Wild Energy Center report

Singapore has built one of the world's biggest inland floating solar farms in a working reservoir. @haslindatv explores how it helps sustain the country's growing demand for green energy. More on Momentum: trib.al/UZRJFNw

At #2, UC Merced researchers are joining an effort to ease solar siting woes #CAProjectNexus