{"id":5677,"date":"2026-06-23T00:47:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T00:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/?post_type=news&p=5677"},"modified":"2026-06-23T21:48:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:48:00","slug":"california-needs-water-and-clean-power-it-might-have-a-fix-for-both","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/news\/california-needs-water-and-clean-power-it-might-have-a-fix-for-both\/","title":{"rendered":"California Needs Water and Clean Power. It Might Have a Fix for Both."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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News<\/span> | <\/span>The New York Times<\/span> | <\/span>June 2026<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

California Needs Water and Clean Power. It Might Have a Fix for Both.<\/h1>\n\n\n

In California, a sprawling 4,000-mile network of canals winds through citrus orchards and fields of tree nuts, delivering irrigation and drinking water to homes and farms across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The canals are critical in an increasingly arid part of the country. But what if they could help fulfill another urgent need: renewable energy?To test that idea, researchers, private enterprise and a public utility in the Central Valley are installing solar panels atop the man-made waterways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Construction is complete at the wide-span location of Project Nexus in Turlock, California’s first-ever solar over canals pilot project. (Photo: Turlock Irrigation District)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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