A half-mile solar strip floats above an irrigation canal in Gujarat, generating 1.6 million kilowatt-hours of power while saving 2.38 million gallons of water from evaporation
When it comes to solar panels, they are usually spread across rooftops or open fields where they serve more purposes than just providing energy. But near Chandrasan village in the western Indian state of Gujarat, a roughly 2,460-foot ribbon of panels sits above moving irrigation water, turning an existing canal into both a power site…