Rivers' Surfaces Covered by Transparent Photo-Voltaic Panels?

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Rivers' Surfaces Covered by Transparent Photo-Voltaic Panels?

"Could Rivers' Surfaces Be Covered by Transparent Photo-Voltaic Panels, at Appropriate Elevations and Intervals; Producing Power/Reduce Evaporation?"

This is merely only an idea coming into mind, after reading the following news item:

World's largest solar-powered bridge opens in London;

Blackfriars rail station secures half its power from 4,400 roof-mounted solar panels, reports BusinessGreen

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/22/worlds-largest-solar-powered-bridge-opens-in-london 

 I wonder if the same could be applied all over the rivers surfaces worldwide, inside and outside the cities in which rivers are flowing through; to be roofed at appropriate elevations and intervals, with "TRANSPARENT SOLAR PANELS." though. This not only might produce so much solar power but will also mitigate evaporation:
  Just a river, as an example, out of many worldwide:

https://www.google.com/search?q=cities+with+rivers+flowing+through&newwindow=1&espv=2&biw=1024&bih=533&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwipqvSz9cfOAhXBtBoKHdfOBvEQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=g6g1v5wgfN1X6M%3A
    

 This idea could be also applied on dams reservoirs, at least at the littoral areas: 

Finally, also greenhouse cultivation could be annexed to such overhead TRANSPARENT solar panels facilities.

Best regards
Mashallah Ali-Ahyaie

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  2.    Back to your good self once again. May I asking you doing a favor to me and the project team who carried out the Narmada Main canal project. Just informing them on the following article, which the reasoning behind why opaque solar panels should be avoided, and TRANSPARENT ones should be applied: 

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3204873/How-100-million-shade-balls-brought-protect-LA-s-reservoir-evaporating-fact-bacterial-nightmare.html

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     Los Angeles Reservoir's 'shade balls' are a 'bacterial nightmare' | Daily ... www.dailymail.co.uk/.../How-100-million-shade-balls-brough... Daily Mail Aug 20, 2015 - How the 100 million 'shade balls' brought in to protect LA's reservoir ... released on to the Los Angeles Reservoir to stop evaporation may ... According to hydrologists, the black plastic spheres could simply ... a constant battle to keep wildlife off the clean water reservoirs, as their ..... MailOnline iPhone app

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       Finally, if you were able opening up this article; please kindly copy / paste it; sending me as an enclosure, to my email address: mashalah@gmail.com

     

    Warm regards,

    Mashallah

  3. Dear Mr. Arunachal Mudgerikar, 

        Thanks once again, paying attention to my article. Now, this is the time, answering your initial comment. What has been tried in India is on an open canal merely for water transfer, the water which has to be intact on the way, which by this token not only electrical power is produced, needed nearby; but the evaporation loss is reduced. Also land saving is achieved, otherwise where needed power via solar panel a great area of land has to be allocated. But, in my article I am talking about rivers, which out of the produced electrical power, the lands upland beyond the river banks could be developed a lot. When having water and electrical power, all kinds of activities could be achieved; needless mentioning the river water itself could be cleaned up. Just think on the Ganges River, etc.

    Best regards,

    Mashallah

  4. Again, via searching, I found the answer to my question; if water was flowing through the canal:

    Narmada Canal

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narmada_Canal

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    And Images thereon: 

    https://www.google.com/search?q=Narmada+Main+canal&newwindow=1&espv=2&biw=1024&bih=533&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi61vi1n9DOAhVC8RQKHZKCD7QQ_AUIBigB&dpr=1.25

     

    Thanks for your initial comment,

    All regards,

    Mashallah

  5. I found the report on the Narmada Main canal 

    GLOBAL ENERGY NEWS | Fri Jan 16, 2015 4:27pm IST

    India builds solar plants atop canals to save land, water

    http://in.reuters.com/article/india-solar-idINKBN0KP0ZO20150116

       Hopefully, they had applied TRANSPARENT solar panels.

       Please also kindly note that cost-benefit analysis on the environmental projects includes so many hidden benefits which could not be accounted for in terms of money.

       Please kindly inform if this canal has any flowing water?

  6. This has been tried for the Narmada Main canal. The cost of structure and the maintenance of various components may have implications for the overall economy. I think it hs been supported by ADB and they are also doing it in collaboration with PDPU Ahmedabad. Have not heard much about its cost benefit analyses.

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