Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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California just finished a solar plant that sits on top of an irrigation canal. It generates 1.6 megawatts without paving over a single acre of farmland, and it cuts the water those canals lose to evaporation on the way to the farm. Cover all 4,000 miles of California's canals and the numbers get hard to argue with: 63 billion gallons of water saved every year, 13 gigawatts of clean power, all on land the state already owns.
So why isn't this everywhere? We drove out to the Central Valley to dig into what Project Nexus actually cost, why California wasn't the first place in America to pull this off, and the structural problem that decides whether canal solar ever spreads beyond a single irrigation district. Let's figure this out together!
Chapters
0:00 - Introduction
0:39 - Solar's Impossible Growth Curve
1:23 - The Problem: Solar Needs Land
2:23 - This Idea Isn't New
3:12 - 63 Billion Gallons a Year
4:14 - Sponsor - Emergent
6:03 - Inside Project Nexus
7:57 - Who Actually Built This First
8:59 - The Catch: What It Really Costs
10:51 - What Happens Next
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Aquaduct solar: Build your next great idea or custom app today using Emergent! twobit.link/Emergent
California just finished a solar plant that sits on top of an irrigation canal. It generates 1.6 megawatts without paving over a single acre of farmland, and it cuts the water those canals lose to evaporation on the way to the farm. Cover all 4,000 miles of California's canals and the numbers get hard to argue with: 63 billion gallons of water saved every year, 13 gigawatts of clean power, all on land the state already owns.
So why isn't this everywhere? We drove out to the Central Valley to dig into what Project Nexus actually cost, why California wasn't the first place in America to pull this off, and the structural problem that decides whether canal solar ever spreads beyond a single irrigation district. Let's figure this out together!
Chapters
0:00 - Introduction
0:39 - Solar's Impossible Growth Curve
1:23 - The Problem: Solar Needs Land
2:23 - This Idea Isn't New
3:12 - 63 Billion Gallons a Year
4:14 - Sponsor - Emergent
6:03 - Inside Project Nexus
7:57 - Who Actually Built This First
8:59 - The Catch: What It Really Costs
10:51 - What Happens Next
》》》SUPPORT THE SHOW!《《《
Become a MEMBER! twobit.link/Member
Our Podcast! twobit.link/Podcast
Join our Newsletter! twobit.link/Newsletter
Join our Discord! twobit.link/Discord
Buying a Tesla? twobit.link/Tesla
》》》OUR PARTNERS《《《
Protect Yourself Online: twobit.link/DeleteMe
》》》GOING SOLAR?《《《
Energy Sage for Solar ⟫ twobit.link/EnergySage
》》》COMPANY OUTREACH 《《《
Sponsor A Video! sponsors@twobit.media
》》》CONNECT WITH US 《《《
Twitter 》 twitter.com/TwoBitDaVinci
Facebook 》 facebook.com/twobitdavinci
Instagram 》instagram.com/twobitdavinci
