The US is about to get its first solar-covered canal – Arizona Mirror
“Cows, cars, and couches somehow always end up in the canal,” said Lepley. These requirements — plus the added steel and concrete materials — make the systems more expensive and technically complex than conventional ground-mounted solar arrays on trackers. Along with George Cairo Engineering, the engineer of record for the Casa Blanca Canal solar project, Tectonius has evaluated a number of designs for the over-canal hardware. “We looked at steel use, concrete use, solar panel costs, wind lift and weight, power production, and access,” said Lepley. The engineers ultimately arrived at a patented,…
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