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Here’s What California Is Learning From Solar Panels Built Over Irrigation CanalsProject Nexus in Turlock tests canal-top solar for water savings, clean power, and water quality.

KQED’s report on California’s Project Nexus pilot: building solar arrays over working irrigation canals to generate power, cut evaporation, and study water-quality effects—early lessons from Turlock Irrigation District’s canal-top panels.

Article · Infrastructure · Climate · Energy · Research

The Return of Sail Power: Cargo Ships Are Turning Back to the Wind

For more than a century, commercial shipping steadily moved away from sails. Now they are coming back. Across the global fleet, shipowners are installing towering rotor sails, rigid wings and...

Essay · Climate · Energy · Shipping