How solar panels might help fix California’s drought
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Philip Timmons
Better make them Float, as well, with the recent rain / floods.
On Monday, January 23, 2023 at 02:39:51 PM CST, Jack Smith via groups.io <bluesguy53@...> wrote:
I think they have been doing this in Europe, China and India for several years. The biggest drawback I see about putting solar over water is the risk of corrosion and mineral deposits on the panels and lees than optimal panel orientation limiting production. Here is something new that is aiming at a major source of emissions, food waste. Americans waste about 30% of our food with landfills accounting for nearly 15% of human-related methane emissions. The average American household makes between 500 and 600 pounds of food waste a year. The agriculture industry is one of the major sources of GHG emissions and anything that could reduce emissions by 10%-15% would be huge.
Here is a new product called Mill from the same team that developed the Nest smart thermostat. https://www.axios.com/2023/01/18/food-waste-mill |
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Marcus Aguilar
I would have thought that solar PV has got a built-in advantage in water challenged areas, in that you don't need to have a reservoir and cooling towers as heat sinks, as you would if you generate power via fossil fuels or nuclear.
Marcus A Aguilar, PE From: main@NTREG.groups.io <main@NTREG.groups.io> on behalf of Bill Byrom via groups.io <bill@...>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2023 12:19 PM To: main@NTREG.groups.io <main@NTREG.groups.io> Subject: [NTREG] How solar panels might help fix California’s drought I heard this story this morning on KERA-FM:
Water officials in California's Central Valley plan to cover some of their canals with solar panels, hoping the devices will conserve water by preventing evaporation. https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/how-solar-panels-might-help-fix-californias-drought/ |
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I think they have been doing this in Europe, China and India for several years. The biggest drawback I see about putting solar over water is the risk of corrosion and mineral deposits on the panels and lees than optimal panel orientation limiting production. Here is something new that is aiming at a major source of emissions, food waste. Americans waste about 30% of our food with landfills accounting for nearly 15% of human-related methane emissions. The average American household makes between 500 and 600 pounds of food waste a year. The agriculture industry is one of the major sources of GHG emissions and anything that could reduce emissions by 10%-15% would be huge.
Here is a new product called Mill from the same team that developed the Nest smart thermostat. https://www.axios.com/2023/01/18/food-waste-mill |
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I heard this story this morning on KERA-FM:
Water officials in California's Central Valley plan to cover some of their canals with solar panels, hoping the devices will conserve water by preventing evaporation. https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/how-solar-panels-might-help-fix-californias-drought/ |
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