Floating solar panels proposed for Sweetwater Reservoir, San Diego County
They generate green energy. They save money. They slow evaporation. They float. And the Sweetwater Authority wants to put them on its Sweetwater Reservoir. General Manager Carlos Quintero said the water agency is exploring the environmental impact of a 9.5 acre floating solar array that would be placed near the Sweetwater Dam. It would cover roughly 1.3% of the reservoir, Quintero said, and could generate as much as two-thirds of the energy needed to make the reservoir water drinkable and decrease a small amount of evaporation. … Water agencies in other states have deployed floating solar panels on reservoirs. Sweetwater would be the first in California …
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