{"id":3950,"date":"2025-10-06T23:15:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T23:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3950"},"modified":"2025-10-21T19:28:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:28:29","slug":"californias-first-solar-covered-canal-comes-online","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/news\/californias-first-solar-covered-canal-comes-online\/","title":{"rendered":"California\u2019s first solar-covered canal comes online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-light-gray has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-82641648 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-light-gray--1\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns aligngrid is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-default tribe-news-single-overline\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><span class=\"is-color-blue\">News<\/span><span class=\"separator\"> | <\/span><span>The Energy Mix<\/span><span class=\"separator\"> | <\/span><span>October 2025<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h1 style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\">California\u2019s first solar-covered canal comes online<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-large is-style-large--2\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">A novel solar power project recently went online in California\u2019s Central Valley, with panels that span across canals in the vast agricultural region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-large is-style-large--3\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">The 1.6-megawatt installation, called&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tid.org\/current-projects\/project-nexus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Project Nexus<\/a>, was fully completed late August. The $20 million state-funded pilot has turned stretches of the Turlock Irrigation District\u2019s canals into hubs of clean electricity generation in a&nbsp;remote area where cotton, tomatoes, almonds, and hundreds of other crops are&nbsp;grown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outlined tribe-button-has-icon is-style-outlined--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theenergymix.com\/californias-first-solar-covered-canal-comes-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read full article on The Energy Mix<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Project-Nexus-wide.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3951\" style=\"border-radius:16px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Project-Nexus-wide.webp 864w, https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Project-Nexus-wide-300x174.webp 300w, https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Project-Nexus-wide-768x444.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo source: Turlock Irrigation District<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group aligngrid is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-small is-style-small--5\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Filed under<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"c-tag-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-tag-list__item t-category c-tag-list__item--green\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/news\/?_practice_area=climate-sustainability\" class=\"c-tag-list__item-link\">Climate &amp; 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The 1.6-megawatt installation, called&nbsp;Project Nexus, was fully completed late August. The $20 million state-funded pilot has turned stretches of the Turlock Irrigation District\u2019s canals&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3951,"template":"","practice":[10],"class_list":["post-3950","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>California\u2019s first solar-covered canal comes online - USC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"California\u2019s first solar\u2011covered canal, Project Nexus, is now operational in the Central Valley. 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