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India has been doing it since 2012, and these fuckers are claiming they invented the concept.
"Brandi McKuin, the lead University of California researcher on the project, says dozens of people have told her they had the idea of covering canals with solar panels decades ago."
That's a nightmare to maintain. The electricians would need to get hazard pay for the risk of falling and the risk of drowning.