India's Solar Canals. Lateral thinking at its finest!
Solar Power is set to be the dominant transformative form of power on the mighty subcontinent of India as it moves away from its dependence on coal and towards a more sustainable future. But land is at a heavy premium there, so the engineers put their thinking caps on and came up with a solution so effective it has solved more problems than even they anticipated!
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I'm from India and my native place is a small village where the electricity is present only 50% of the time, When i visited my home town this year I've seen solar panels on 1/3rd of the houses which are installed with some government scheme I guess. Remote areas are improving at a better rate than cities. Good to see that.
Are the panels made in India or imported from China?
@@gj1234567899999 it was imported from China few months back. But now it's almost not easy to import from China. There are many Solar start ups popping up. And the existing Indian companies are investing in these solar manufacturing startups. Maybe in a few years we will be not dependent on other countries for solar equipment
Remote areas need it more due to decentralised infrastructure.
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Awesome 👌
I installed a 8 kw rooftop solar on my house in aug 20(Jammu) ,apart from going green my power bills are 90% down. Carona gave us the opportunity to save the mother nature. Please do what ever you can to go carbon neutral.
Good man! What a lot of power!
Nice!
Congrats to you Sir! And to India also! This is an excellent story, maybe India can help spread this success story to the world👌✌
@George Mann I was off-grid for 5 years, using AGM lead acid batteries. It worked. I stopped for reasons not linked to being off-grid.
From Zimbabwe, well done my friend, keep the good work up. I have a 100w solar power bank that i use for lighting and small electronics when there are power cuts but am will be increasing it to 500w by the end of this year.
I'm from Bengaluru India,I'm getting installed 4kw solar panels on my roof, which not only fullfills my personal consumption but I'm left with a surplus,which I can sell it to the grid. I saw the benefits of going solar when I got a solar water heater as a replacement for my electric water heater, my bills dropped drastically and I made my money back in just 9 months.
Sir, can you please share the total cost of that? A rough idea would be enough.
@@Medha_03 3kw panels (which is sufficient)covering an area of 240 sq feet costs anywhere between 2.5 to 2.8 lakhs
@@dotsanddash8083 Thank you so much 🙂🙂🙏🙏
So is it an independent house you have? I'm wondering what can people living in apartments do?
@@yashmandilwar8904 yes it's a independent house, but if you are living in an apartment, what you can do is all of you can get together and install panels, it's gonna be a difficult task to get everyone on the same page.
I'm from Andhra pradesh, India What you said is true and i always proud to say i am INDIAN🇮🇳
@@nupurgautam1 But what about there promises made to our state regarding to the special states..when my state is bifergated then the bjp leaders made lot of promises and then rolling party(congress) told we give special status for 5years to a.p then this opposition bjp leaders told no no it should be given 10 years if bjp comes into power we will give 10years special status for a.p for losing capital and also for low percapita income and after that they came into power know I think 8years completed still our state a.p not get special status. So we will not support to bjp..in our minds majority bjp leaders are only opportunistic leaders and they don't stand on there promises which given in parliament also.
I am in India and have installed solar panels at home. The biggest challenge I face is of cleaning them regularly. Our cities and villages have lot of dust in air and I need to clean the panels every week to get the best output. But considering the cost and environmental benefits, its worth every penny
Can you just spray a little water on them to wash away the dust, or do you need to mechanically scrub them?
Good exercise too 😉
Could you maybe rig some car windshield wipers to them? That would be a fun project.
That's why you have kid's 🤣😂😁😀😎
@@fusion9619 that will cover some of the surfice and the pannel is probably pretty big,meaning the cleaner needs some very good materials and to be more chonky,further increasing the area covered by them. It also works best with water(like most window clsaner things and doing something with brushes means now you will heve to clean that brush every once in a while. It also does not work well with rectangular pannels. Basicly:funny idea,not very viable.
We could use the same system in California. Bravo India!!!
That if unless the Lefties find some excuse to Cancel you!!!!
California should do it. I heard that it is running out of water.
@Pavan Kumar California has no prime minister. It has a governor. USA has no ministry.
@SANSKAR GUPTA gs0801cs181071 Oh, okay. I thought he mistook USA for Canada and thought California was in Canada.
Save our mother earth🙏
India is also implementing regenerative agriculture, permaculture and water conservation projects.
Yup. Thank u, btw which country are u from, Mike? Greetings from India
Yes we have some good help from Israel 🇮🇱
Yes, the Paani Foundation is the best Grassroots partnership with Government and Private Industry to promote, effectively, Permaculture Design, and has some of the very best Water Harvesting/Management in the World outside of Israel. Their implementation of Regenerative Agriculture is amazing! India has so much happening!!!! Mass use of Solar Power is such an advantage! Congratulations to all those who are moving Humanity into a better approach to Living!
@@maracohen5930 Try building some skyscrapers in major cities for hydroponic farming - produce closer to end users, jobs in cities and land saved !! Plus put solar panels on roof and south side of the building structure !!
@@WACATX767882 I completely agree. Every bit of resource building we can do, the better. We don't even have to build new skyscrapers to grow in...
Two points to add. Large floating solar parks are also being built on dams and reservoirs. The hydro electric generation systems that are already present in these reservoirs work as baseline infrastructure support to these new solar parks. Cost cutting! Additionally, it serves to lower water loss due to overexposed open water. Yay!
Sounds like a model that could be implemented anywhere with hydro dams and decent sunlight.
Another savings for floating solar on reservoirs is the proximity to the hydro grid and possible access to an easily constructed pumped-water storage system.
@@edbruder9975 and potentially water saving by having surface temp lowered through shading
Brilliant!! I live in Colorado and our water use and evaporation is huge! I can't figure out why, oh why, don't they do this at all of the reservoirs going dry?!! It would provide shade on the water (slowing evaporation), protection for wildlife and any plant-life struggling to survive our brutal sun. Save water and money!
Do chemicals leak into the water eventually? I know water can sometimes damage.
"They solved more problems than they bargained for" - I LIKE it! We Indians are good at bargaining!! :)
3000 years of bargaining experience has advantages :)
It's sooo great to hear good news...
An Indian bargaining is a wondrous sight. One of my indian colleagues got 30% off a very expensive system at work, and it was a joy to watch. Westerners have no immunity to it, we just go into shock and say yes.
I live in Australia and had a guy try to haggle a price with me in a shop. I told him we can’t change the price. He kept trying to haggle me for about 10 minutes. In frustration I told him that if he really wanted to haggle, he’s more than welcome to jump on a plane to Mumbai where he’ll be able to haggle in the markets. The shop keepers are so skilled at haggling they they will have you so confused, you’ll end up paying more for it than the original price. 😂😂
Stop calling our phones in the U.S. trying to steal people's money.
This was a wonderful episode. I had no idea that India had built such a large test project and that it took off like hot cakes. Thanks for sharing, and keep up the good work!
Home of the world's biggest permaculture-esqe de-desertification project on the India/Pakistan border, too. Trying to remember the name Edit: Paani Foundation Velu project
Absolutely. I'm an Australian engineer and we nee dot be doing smart things like this as well. We have staggering shortages with water for agriculture and doing this would save us immensely. This is actually an embarrassing video for Australia and considering that India just belted us a cricket is a double whack.
@@tonywilson4713 permaculture was co-invented by an Australian; Bill Mollison (w/ David Holmgren) and one of its greatest advocates is his student Geoff Lawton. The regrarian movement is headed by Darren Doherty, fantastic water management principles were codified by P.A Yeomans. All Australian.
@@tonywilson4713 Almost every country doed some thing really well. If we share all that knowledge, the whole world cam become much better, faster.
@@TheKlink Great points and I well aware we have some incredibly smart people here in OZ, but unfortunately our policy makers wont listen to them. I remember seeing an episode of Australian Story that was promoted by Gerry Harvey (of Harvey Norman fame) about a friend of his who was into controlling the flows in creeks so that more water was retained in the soil on farms. I forget his name it was that long ago, but his practices were NOT widely adopted and they should have been. If you look at the madness of water rights and the free for all auctions, its so stupid and counter productive and its all be driven (as usual) buy a business model. The simple concept of letting speculators into that environment is stupid beyond all reason and its lead to corruption. There was that water buy back in NSW where they bought low grade water back from speculators who made $50million on it. On top of that those speculators operated via the British Virgin Islands and the only reason you do that as an Australian is to evade tax. Overall that means we (as in our elected Government) allowed people who planned to avoid tax, actually avoid tax on the profit we paid them for low class water they shouldn't have been allowed to buy in the first place. That's what I mean by stupidity at the policy level. 👉🤯
Also government of Gujarat is giving subsidy upto 50% on solar panels for home use, you can buy them and connect directly to grid system. Save on battery, save on transmission loss and you get whatever extra you earn on your electricity bill and you maintain the panel so no cost to government. Genius
Gujarat is by far most comfortable state to live in
@Arup Ratan Mitra just give a chance to mota bhai and Modi Ji he will make west bengal back to her glory.
@Arup Ratan Mitra ya
@Arup Ratan Mitra well sir with all due respect, you guys did elect communists to run your state for a fucking 40 consecutive years..
@hai bhagwaan! Demographics are now such that ,it is Impossible for BJP to come into Power in Kerela
Mentions "India" in the title Indians: We shall bless you with views
Thats how algorithm works man. Go to video with Europe on it and 80% of viewers will be European. Its no rocket science, its Algorithm.
Well content matter buddy
Here, utube algo working perfectly 😂🤣
good one ;-)
I mostly come to correct whatever wrong they have posted... Most of them show the wrong map
The panel installation over the Narmada canal was done by one of the companies that I worked with previously. As a software engineer, this feels so satisfying to see our work being applied in the real-world and the country reaping benefits.
I'm curious, what kind of work did they need software engineers for?
@@InventiveDingo: It was not just the installation of solar panels. There was also a monitoring system that helped to identify the efficiency and performance of the panels for a particular period of time.
@@vishwanathheddoori8538 Thanks! I tend to struggle to see how my software skills could be useful in renewable energy projects, so this is good food for thought.
Clear thinking, ambitious resolve using modernntechnology and a talented population. This is how India will thrive!
Or, family planning to keep the population under control
@@kellybrown685 not really. Indian birth rate now declining fast....data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN?locations=IN
@Sebastián hate Indians? Data?
@@kellybrown685 All countries have a population explosion and a population decline. The West already has had their population explosion, now its having its population decline. India is finishing up its explosion.
@@kellybrown685 It's 1.69%. Will decline more as the literary rate increases. We are in right direction... though need a bit of more speed. 😇
I am from Gujarat, here you can find solar everywhere even local house and business are using solar.
Well, It's Modi's Backyard.
@@RoodeMenon Yupp
Yes bc people get subsidy too and this cannel solar watching it every day inner doubts and fear got lesser
The world's largest and second largest solar park is in india.
Where abouts are they?
@@neoretrodude one in BHADLA and another in pavagada
World's top two largest solar power plants are now in India, 4 in top 10 and 9 in top 30!
@@KanishkaSharma05 abey..kanishka toh ladki ka naam hota hai na? Meri ek dost thi iss naam ki
@@shadowslayer4578 This is what happens when education system doesn't teach history properly! Google my name with exact spelling and let me know what it says!
US should take some serious notes. Especially considering their evaporation rates on Colorado basin irigation.
Absolutely the ginormous open canals running through California would absolutely benefit from this not to mention some of the reservoirs could benefit from floating solar immensely.
@@FreekHoekstra and direct float would provide for a passively operated, but direct contact cooling system.
The Colorado evaporation is due to damns and multiple large cities sucking it dry. Solar water ways wouldn't fix this me thinks
@@derekcraig3617 you could float individual units in connected raft style and acheive some advantages, while still allowing air/water exchanges that are beneficial to what's below...
One of the downsides to the oft repeated paradigm of "American Excellence" is a bad case of institutional "not invented here" syndrome. We invented the modern automobile and we will be the only ones creating a better automobile, even though the concept of individual transportation has some enormous downsides. So, mass transit programs have only really gotten public approval and funding in a limited number of p;aces. The biggest enemy of solar energy isn't the build out cast in the US- it is the perception, largely sponsored by our unfailingly correct politicians, that solar isn't an American thing. Which is BS of the smelliest kind. Great presentation- every US politician should be REQUIRED to see this and write a 1000 word description of it and append a 500 word commentary for public consumption. Just my think on the subject! FR
Solar panels as part of shade structures is a very good idea, not just canals, livestock shelters, vehicle car parks, people parks and so on.
In south Germany they are staring to build large roof shelters in motorway car parks with solar on top. Great for charging your car in the shade!
The world has incredible amounts of roofing well suited for panel areas. In warm climates, the shading alone will reduce the need for air-conditioning.
@@Jay...777 Diese haben wir gesehen!
yep, lots of carparks in my area are going for solar roofing. all the same design, some guy is making a killing! we dont generally go for vertical carparks, there is some massive sprawl around malls. but they dont build big ones near the city, but in new subdivisions. the retail operators get huge subsidy's from the developer, having a mall nearby is considered a huge boon. Its really weird, the place I grew up in, which was once considered the sticks (30min drive to actual retail), has a huge 24hr full service mall a 10 minute walk away. n they have Miles n Miles of solar shade. we had solar installed on our workshop on the 2nd summer we were there. makes such a difference. an easy 10 degree drop. interesting business model to. we dont own the panels, but our power is still free when the sun shines. any excess goes into the 3rd party's pocket. not sure how profitable it is for them, we can still pop our 50A 3phase breaker when testing something big. (LED signage. yes, LED's are efficient. but multiply anything by a few million units, they suck some juice. and usually only break when we push it, full white full bright. its pretty satisfying)
@@arjovenzia Nice comment. You get a bonus 👍.
What a great idea! This could work in Australia as well. We also have long open canals used for moving water around. 2 birds one stone!
Could probably make better use of the water flow also , kzhead.info/sun/dcyymZV8oXmqnHA/bejne.html
In Canada we get two birds stoned at the same time!
I hear you mate - I’m Indian Aussie, and would love to see this happen in Oz - we’d save so much water from reducing evaporation losses, and reduce the overall strain on river systems such as the Murray-Darling 👍🏽 dare we suggest that our governments 🇮🇳 🇦🇺 collaborate on this 😃
@@edbruder9975 😂 that is another step forward I’d like to see Oz make …we have too many angry birds!
This makes billion times more sense. Solar freaking canals! 😂
@Hiren Ahir He might as well be free form ,those farmers. Now has he finally drank all the blood .🙄
@@M.satyam 🤡
@@Theactualstoic @Jatin Agrawal what do you 🤔 mean with this weird emoji.
How about this: 1. Tesla India Energy builds a huge solar farm in a remote 🏜 dessert land not suitable for farming. There are plenty of deserts in India. Within 500 miles are poor villages without ⚡️ electricity or degraded electrical poles and lines that frequently fail. 2. On the Tesl Solar Farm thousands of unique Tesla mega packs are fully charged Each Tesla mega packs is a FSD autonomous vehicle on wheels with GPS. 3. The fully charged Megapack drives itself to remote villages, large intercity apartments and buildings and automatically swaps out with a depleted Tesla megapack also FSD and on wheels. 4. This system completely eliminates the need for a utility company and thousands to millions of miles of electric utility poles and wires ! Or would be exponentially cheaper than the current electric utility system ! There is also no intermittency problem. The Tesl Solar Fields are in dessert areas so no right of way problems or competition with farmers for land. The FSD auto drive Tesla Megapacks travel on existing infrastructure, (roads). The system can start in underdeveloped or underserved villages and cities; and/or focus on large structures, buildings and apartments that have adequate necessary wiring in place. The system is 100% green and exponentially cheaper and better quality service!
@@damianweiss9870 ty for your generous comment, maybe they will help in development, but there main focus is china😓😓
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Very well articulated. The channel is brilliant, so well done
Cleaner air will also reduce morbidity and mortality rates resulting in cost savings and indirect benefits. Newly educated women will create social and economic benefits. Wonderful program!!!👍❤️🙏
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Dpn't forget abput the Law of Unintended Consequences.
you can't imagine the level at which india is increasing solar planel installations
It's almost crazy to see the implementation of renewable energy use and how much its share is going up! Also in my native place in Bihar we have regular electricity (20hr avg) which was almost unbelievable ten years back
Ingenius idea by the India, I am very impressed. Thank you for a great topic.
This reminded me of another 'out side the box' thinking solution. Some places are putting solar panels over old municipal landfills. These areas are not suitable for housing, but are perfectly suited for solar.
Another solution is "Renewable Roadsides." www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/19winter/04.cfm National and state governments own huge amounts of land that are basically un-usable - highway rights-of-ways. This could be used for solar power. A research report by the University of Texas, Austin, identified more than 127,000 acres of right-of-way areas just at interstate exits around the US as suitable sites. And that's "just at interstate exits."
When I was a kid in Los Angeles, a developer DID build a subdivision atop a closed landfill alongside Interstate 5. Subsidence and seeping methane gas became problems pretty quick. They tried installing a system to vent off the gas, but it became so unsafe government had to step in and relocate all the residents. It'd be nice to turn it into a solar power station.
Make covering 50+ parkings with solar panels mandatory by law.
@@jeffcampbell1555 and a RNG well also it seems like!
This also helps them capture offgassing methane.
Brilliant report. I too have installed a 10 KW solar panel system on my roof in South Delhi. Makes me feel good, that I have contributed to a cleaner Delhi
I live in Vadodara, Gujarat and there is a canal-solar park right next to where I live. It's pretty impressive to look at, huge solar panels extending far into the horizon over the water canal. Hope to see this become common throughout the country
Awesome! Very proud of India. I hope they also have or develop home-grown PV manufacturing capacity.
Many home grown companies are now in to solar panel manufacturing. However the raw material is still mostly imported from china but India is moving ahead in that direction
"Solved more problems than they bargained for." Loved that quote. We could use more collateral problem solving these days.
I make a profit now selling excess electricity to the national grid, since I work 10 hours a day, so passive income too.
U can discuss, Modi's 'ONE SUN ONE GRID' project. Theme: 'Sun never sets'. In the project plan is to connect each continent via undersea electric cables & develop massive solar parks in each continent. When the sun is over Africa they can send electricity to the rest of the world & vice Versa, no need to store electricity. First phase is to connect India & Africa with investment of $40B.
A grid-scale storage solution might work better than intercontinental electricity transmission.
Does sound like the whole edifice could fall apart with just one or a few points of failure.
How I wish we can transport power over long distance, but it's not possible as it dissipate with distance.
@@MrDisasterboy Oh it's just an Idea, ofc it needs to be thoroughly beaten until it is practical
@@prabhakarantheboss well we dont have to do in one strech. like not directly from india to africa. but on smaller scales like neighbouring countries that on a large scale connects them
3:47 95.2% of total population now have access to electricity
Hi Vikas, We British have "access" to trade with the European Union these days, but the quality of that access is nowhere near what we had just 5 weeks ago. Is all 95.2% of your population able to power devices, heating and lights reliably these days and are the 4.8% still without power supplies (circa 890 Million people) in remote villages that don't have clean water either? Do you live in a city with reliable and polluting power supplies, or are you among the 52.2% who've had power supplies (mostly dirty, some clean) delivered in the last 20 years?
@@danwiddon3854 should i be worried that i cant operate car building robots in my kitchen with the eletrical connection?
@@danwiddon3854 isn't that circa less than 70 million people?
@@danwiddon3854 The power availability is reliable in cities and industrial zones only.The 95.2% is the statistic is of how many households have been wired up to the electric grid.The rural regions have limited hours of supply.Though the availability is increasing slowly with each passing year.
@@darwinianchimp2630 is it still like that in your area.
I have not yet seen a smart canal, as I stay in Mumbai and Pune. Will visit Gujurat to have a look. We look forward to a cleaner and renevable future of our country.
We have be patient, things are happening, but there is a long way to go. Recently I saw our renewable count for less than 1%of total energy production.
@@Horace__63 It is close to 30% if Large Hydro power is also included. Other wise it is 16%, but going to increase very fast in coming decade.
@@Satu_Supari I don't think it's 20% it is 2%
@@Horace__63 70% is produced by burning fossil fuels. 14% Large Hydro. 2% nuclear. Rest 14% renewable
@@Satu_Supari where did u get this from.....it's not correct I got my data from EIA
Great episode, good news from India, very glad to hear it!
I’ve also heard that installing solar above certain crops also has similar benefits, ie. the plants don’t need as much water because they are shaded more and water evaporates from the soil slower for the same reason.
What!? But how do the plants get enough sunlight then? They won't grow if they are that shaded! Right?
@@death_parade of course they need sunlight. The panels must be placed so that the plants get enough but not too much. Many plants thrive on mostly shaded areas. Also, sunlight bounces and the plants get indirect light. Some solar panels even let through some light. These are great above terraces because they lessen the intensity of the sun but provide enough light to see. Of course, these don’t produce quite as much electricity. Everything is a trade off.
As an Indian who is ecologically leaning, this video brings a ray of faith in a better future. I like the clarity and simple manner in wgich this video has been made by showing the pros and cons. The host of this is very good, soothing and calm to listen to!
This is indeed the quite detailed review. I never thought he knew about canal solar was first installed in Gujarat or about the the theft problem of solar panels... Very well researched.... Very good... Also Indore airport is also powered by solar panels... Many other places are coming up with such plans...
Also COCHIN airport is the world first solar powered airport
Not only in India did the skies clear. Covid-19, and the resulting reduction of fossil fuel burning during the pandemic, cleared the skies world wide.
@@John-tq4bf yes, I am. retired, got plenty of money, solar powered home, EV to drive around when I want to, so hell yes, happy as can be.
@@John-tq4bf who gives a shit about clear air, important thing is the economy that's why Trump was good when he removed all the regulations for coal and oil so they could pollute the air and water again. Fucking Biden will go back and reduce coal profitability.
@@emko333 this is not true our carbon emission rate went down every year of trumps presidency. The total amount of solar installed was higher under trump for 4 years than obama for 8 years.
@@av1204 never said that? are you stupid? i said he removed EPA regulations on pollution so that coal can be more profitable.... so they can keep the industry going
okay kid. you are making it sound like he didnt something to make things worse which he didnt. you are talking out ur ass
I remember the pilot projects. This is such a good idea. Lovely to see the update. Lets hope that India can manage a rapid roll out of the vaccines and get back to the solar installation programme. India is such a wonderful country with such great potential.
I live in india as well and am seeing growing numbers of rooftop solar panels.
This is one of the most exciting developments I have seen in a very long time. It is the ideal solution for the American West where evaporation has become a monumental issue as aquifers are being strained beyond capacity. Thank you for such great content.
The sad truth is that some cities in the south west will likely have to be abandoned. There is no way to supply the water needed in the long term. When the big aquifer is pumped dry, it will be over. The states in question tend to have political leanings that make very large scale projects to solve the problem unlikely. The water has to be pumped from a long way off across state lines. Desalination can save some of Texas but not all of it.
@@kensmith5694 That's interesting re politics of the area - I wonder if climate pressure brings about a change for the good? One can but hope, though I'm sceptical. A Federal level network of water pipelines moving water from an area of excess to such areas would benefit the country as a whole... Expensive, with possible negative environmental affects, and big advantages. If you can put in a pipeline from Canada to the Gulf coast, you can put in a pipeline from the Mississippi to New Mexico and Nevada
@@kensmith5694 yes but Americans are grossly high energy end users compared to other nationalities. Indians only us a fraction of water and energy in comparison. What's needed is a change of mindset. Sorry for sounding dictatorial. indeed here in Ireland many of us are also very wasteful. But I do think our world is facing a transition period to renewables and less consuming . We don't need more Best Buys and walmarts. The carousel has to stop. Maybe the Biden administration will accelerate the change but he'll likely relent to big business.
Makes you wanna cry thinking about the time wasted in these past four years (or not having had a Gore Administration or even Reagan doing away with solar on the WH roof). Luckily this is only true for federal initiatives. We're so lucky that tumbling prices for renewables have a driving force of their own. I can only second that I truly find this channel to be THE most inspiring, eye opening and hope bringing thinking what lies ahead of us. Much better to promote these updates and explainers then bickering with the but-what-about-our-oil-jobs crowd in the comments.
@@velotill those panels removed were domestic water heating, and were ruining the roofing system through leakage...
Dual use of canals is brilliant and a wise place to put solar panels. There was an article in the Times of London this week describing how France is proposing to clear 100,000 hectares of trees for a solar farm while shutting down a nuclear. That is not a wise use of land, let alone clear cutting trees.
That's a terrible idea to cut so many trees for a solar plant.
Why shut down the nuclear plant???
Neither is it good to close the nuclear plant.
nuclear is still a much cleaner source
Damn they must really hate those trees...
Fantastic way to get solar energy. Hats off to our hardworkig p.m and briliant intellligent citizens of India.
Advocates of "Solar Freakin' Roadways" should have a long hard look at this to see how it should be done
Sometimes when you implement something new you get unexpected side effects. Bad side effects get a lot of publicity. It's good to see that it can go both ways, This is a first rate example of good side effects. Thanks for this and your other thought provoking videos. Regards from Argentina. Daniel.
I'm pretty sure the engineers who built the canal solar system understood this positive "side effects" and built these in a manner to minimize evaporation and maximize water cooling effects. It was not by chance rather ingenuity.
Yea engineers NEVER make mistakes, nor do they EVER have unintended results.
@@CanadianMason85 that is the exception not the norm.
India amazing country 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳👍
Thanks Mr Just Have a Think. I'm in Australia, this is an amazing idea that could be used here to help green this desert continent, feed the people of the world and water forests to lock away atmospheric carbon.
Love these win-win-win scenarios where solar is deployed over existing infrastructure. I've often wondered why we don't see more PV installations along highways, railway lines and transmission line corridors.
Listening to "Ministry for the Future" right now, hoping that India becomes a leader in renewables in real life like in that book!
Well, the way I understood it, India is one of the few countries actively aiming for Thorium reactors. If they succeed, they'll be leading there.
@@MnrBugi We would have done it in 60s or 70s if CIA hadn't Killed our Thorium based Top Scientist Homi Bhabha
@@walnut9472 They did it coz the had to do it. It was the fault of our leadership which let it happen. You know it that CIA, brits and KGB had a lot of control and influence in India until around 80's.
@@mowgli5837 In the case of influence ,KGB influenced India most
I have seen this in Gujarat, India. What is so awesome is that the BJP government running Gujarat and even under PM Bajpai, had this vision so early on, back in early 2000s, or even before, when the canals were being dug.
yeah . first i never understood what gujarat model meant. i mean what was so developed. but as i hear from other states i understand what they mean.
bloody chap, do some more knee day for the BJP
@@prla5400 man Such ignorance?
@@prla5400 another one filled with blind hatred. Man you may find it hard to believe but BJP is much better when it comes to development witnessed it in MP earlier then see UP now and Gujarat has always been a shining success.
@Hiren Ahir lol, there are power cuts in east Delhi due to subsides by AAP. They are socialists hence bubye delhi. Also, don't you have a brain to not let random protesters burn and block delhi highways every now and then? It leads to a lot of job losses in the area. I know a lot of delhi people hate bjp and believe in the 'hindutva' policy of bjp but atleast be considerate to the people who lose livelihood due to the uncalled protests
It's probably the first time in my life that I've seen a properly researched video on India by a Westerner. Thanks.
The political map of India is wrong/outdated.
I remember seeing an article some years back of ‘solar trees’ being used in India. Basically panels around a vertical structure. The aim being to use space effectively in rural areas where it would compete with agriculture. Does anyone remember that and know if it took off?
yes some very big solar trees have been build in recent times
@@kuldeeprana1908 cool, that’s good too hear, so often these good ideas go nowhere.
@@davidshipp623 Yup India has also constructed the world's largest solar tree.
It is in my nearby town. Still running
Love it! What a great application! Everyone needs to add panels on their homes - I went off grid with solar at my cottage 20 years ago - panel prices now are really low!
Very exciting content. I did not know about these projects at all. Thanks for sharing - and giving us hope of a sustainable future. Thumbs up for India too, for taking on this challenge
Brilliant episode, truly inspiring to see India being resourceful and inventive with solar, we are used to seeing the US and EU so much and great to see how others tackle the problem.....there's much more too that India and Africa can show us in the form of exploiting the circular economy, stripping apart boats, cars etc, very little is wasted. Also there are some great videos showing electric vehicle conversions in India, something that the sometimes over regulated West does not encourage.
Thank for showing how Mr. Modi's administration is finding solutions in challenges and thinking ahead . Wonderful to see!
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Fascinating! Bravo to the Indian government. How can we get politicians in the US to watch this episode? One could hope dots would be connected.
US politics far too dumb for this plan to work...
As an outside observer, at the expense of sounding a bit judgemental, I would say policy decision needs to be driven by the people, who'd need to be well exposed to matters of common concern. Free flow of information is a necessity and I think a whole large portion of your society has taken to arms against each other because of walls that are being propped up to divert certain information, create narratives. Lobbies win because people ignore, democracies collapse because people lose interest. Americans must reign in political control and actively direct public welfare measures and other much more pressing issues. To add to this, I would also say that there needs to be an awakening as to how politicians on both sides of the divide in your country use foreign interventions to divert attention and subvert social reform movements, that needs to change, your people need to awaken and smell the coffee.
The west is rich but oppulent. It is profit oriented. Usually the profits are made by suppression of truth. It is outward oriented. India on the other hand is inward oriented. Renunciation is the foundation on which the culture, Sanatan Dharma, is rooted. Unlike the west, where the religion is BELIEF based. The indian religions go beyond belief and lay stress on SELF-REALISATION, EXPERIENCE. This basic cultural difference is the reason India, inspite of being ignored by the colonial- capitalists, comes up with brilliance.
@@DevduttShenoi well put
Don't waste time in convencing the politicians, instead make money out of this idea create a startup with this idea and get rich...😎😎👍👍
This is awesome, we need some innovation like this locally...
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California needs to follow this trend! And one might think it smart to use the solar panels to pump water uphill as a PRIMARY goal- this allows for reservoir storage of water further inland which when released and paired with a generator can provide more timely duck curve free power.
In South America there is a lake high up in the mountains (probably Titicaca), your idea works well if mountain ranges are used as a reservoir just like that lake...
Good to hear how people solve problems with innovation.
This channel is amazing! Thank you for making these videos.
The Canal top solar system is installed in my City of Vadodara in Gujarat. st in working extremely well for years and he benefits are showing! The Gout is also encouraging rooftop solar units for homes and industries. A subsidy is provided to encourage people to install this. I was the first in my area, now I can see atleast 10 installations. I have installed one, my house stays cooler in summer, my power costs have gone down by 60%. So many benefits.
Excellent episode ! Most informative, and really, really motivating!! 60 years ago, I was a student in Darjeeling, so I have always had an affinity to India and its peoples - it gladdens me to see that they have pioneered this amazing innovation - now we just need the "developed nations" to follow this example of thinking "outside the box"!!
I'm thinking of the Los Angeles "River" and all the other flood control ditches in Southern California.
The place to start is waaaay further north where the water comes from.
@AN0NY M0USE The advantage in the US West is that there’s already access to the land used by canals, as opposed to developing solar farms on sensitive habitat.
@AN0NY M0USE only desert in the Southwest, Texas out to California. Middle of the country is a bunch flat-ish land with large changes in weather.
@AN0NY M0USE lots of the deserts have special significance to the indigenous population, which is what I believe Archer referred to as “sensitive habitat”, or at least one example. For instance a solar farm was almost set up over some ancient geoglyphs, instead of where it was actually empty just a few miles away. Lots of the land that looks empty to us is still getting used, so it’s just important to have proper consultation and advisors and stuff.
Wow, that really is synergy and serendipity at work! Thanks for the uplifting and inspiring news Dave, there is hope after all!🌞🌍🌏🌎🌄
Very nice channel, well presented in a good casual and knowledgeable manner. Well done.
Love the presentation style - calm, composed and with a hint of mischief :)
Thank you for covering my country. There still are policy challenges, we can easily become a power surplus nation should the govt. Encourage people s participation
actually we already are an electricity surplus nation in terms of capacity. We just don't produce to the extent of our capacity because of low demand. The problem with our country is that the poor have no infrastructure, this means that developing infra for the poor requires incentive from the govt.... its quite challenging for a capitalist nation, we are socialist on paper but times have changed. Basically, the poor have to rely on rich industrialists and businessesman to create demand and thus get supply. I hope it makes sense because I can't use better words.
We've been selling electricity to Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan since 2015 now
India is buying electricity from bhutan mainly for the NE States and also selling it to Bangladesh which is mostly generated in the power plants of West Bengal and Jharkhand.
We already are a Power surplus nation But still Per Capita Electricity use is low an we always have to improve that
We really need to start implementing systems like this here in southern California.
You should also review the floating solar plants being built on dam reservoirs in India.
Solar panels over crop land, spaced out to cast partial shade and allow significant sunlight through increases crop production, especially in very hot and dry climates. Agriphotovoltaics!
This already happens in Morocco, where the shade under PV panels provides opportunities for crops, and forage for grazing animals like goats and sheep, which also fertilise the soil.
Wouldn't fruit or nut trees accomplish that?
@@fusion9619 Certainly, but they would also compete for the available water. With sufficient rainfall or irrigation that is a great option
Great idea, thanks for sharing.
@@fusion9619 Look at almond cultivation in California.
I live in India, Mumbai Maharashtra and Travel to other states too... I have seen these canals in Gujarat, in Kutch district of Gujarat, very near to desert, There is a Wind Farm kilometres and kilometres and Solar plant too as far as eye can see... As far as solar energy, especially PV system are concerned, due to very high insolation throughout the year, payback is far better than elsewhere in the world. As usual, PM Modi takes far too much credit than due to him, real credit goes to previous PM Dr Manmohan Singh who put in place favourable laws and high incentives for renewables to prosper.
No doubt Manmohan Singh took some great steps. But Narendra Modi was the one who started this project in Gujarat when he was the chief minister. Manmohan Singh was very educated and made great policies, but other restrictions from his own party did not allow him to work on ground. I hope you are getting what I am trying to say. But no doubt he was good.
@@rohanchauhan9924 My point is, without Central Government policies of import of modules, without Central Government Renewables incentives, the correct policy framework by Central Government, State Governments could not have achieved Solar plant feats....and not just policies, Deep pockets of Central Government were most necessary to make this happen. PM Manmohan Singh quietly went about doing his job and Chief Minister Modi shouted from Rooftops pun intended.
@@rajeshchheda456 that's because manmohan sing is slave of soina. He is dog tail of sonia. He never acted like a pm like modi does but as a domestic slave of sonia and vedra family. Of course he cant boost about his achievements because he has to follow his master.
The ingenuity of the people of India has always been a factor of admiration to me.
I feels nice when someone from left leaning country like Canada gives credit to right leaning government where it is due....otherwise most of then starts like "Narendra Modi, Hindu nationalist prime minister.....blah blah blah...."
woah woah bjp is sounds right leaning but most of the policies we are implementing are very socialistic. Most indians have a very socialistic mindset
@@wittyusername1 it is in DNA of our democratic system......old habits are hard to overcome
@@gauravsabadra860 If Yogi ever comes in power, there is a high chance of disintegration of the union
@@mundoormadan5624 nope, not at all
@@mbangroo Ignorance is bliss
Wow, there was at least four big Wins in that report, love it :)
In mainland China they flood the surface coal mines and install solar farms on rafts, they get all the benefits your mentioned and also reclaim the land that otherwise cannot be used for anything anyway. Also since coal power plants are usually located close to such mines they have already the infrastructure to transfer the electricity produced. They also migrate more and more toward biomass powerplants... Quite efficiently actually especially in Shandong province.
Brilliant
That's all good news.
Covering the excavation with panels is obvious in retrospect and a solution that is used elsewhere. Burning biomass instead of using it to reclaim degraded areas for replanting, isn't so clever, and not typical Chinese conservation practice?
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Fantastic video shedding light on the advancements taking place in India
@justhaveathink great video about India’s Solar Canals! I love this idea, multiple layers of benefits. Every irrigation district across the globe should be doing this. I’m surprised you don’t promote your videos here Twitter!
The United States doesn't have an extensive canal network, but they do have an extensive amount of land area reserved for parking lots. Two side benefits are immediately obvious -- generation close to where it's needed minimizes transmission losses, and shading the cars parked underneath.
Lets build the solar panels above the parking lot. this is the sensible solution as compared to the stupidity that was solar roadways proposal of lets make the parking lot out of solar panels, that will be covered by cars for most of the day.
I flew into Los Angeles once ten years ago and saw acres and acres of flat white roof tops on commercial buildings. Couldn't figure out why they were not covered with solar panels other than structural reasons
A local hospital near where I live in Thailand is covering its open air car park (About two football fields) with a solar panel roof. We get 300+ days of sunshine here so it will generate a lot of power for the hospital.
@@morninboy Ten years ago the solar was still expensive, and ROI was quite not appealing. But in last few years anybody with enough roof or parking lot and electricity usage during the day is losing money not installing solar. And on roof, yes maybe there are structural issues. But for parking lots is a no brainer. And though So few of them appear. And what bothers me is that even Tesla who promotes this is quite slow at accomplishing it. They installed few symbolic rows and stopped. Now, five years later I see that the numbers of rows doubled, but still is only just symbolic. Anyway, even all the roof is not a huge deal, but at least will be statement.
Not true at all. California in particular has hundreds of miles of canals and is dependent on them for drinking water in the big cities and for agriculture. 80 miles in the All-American Canal, ~700 miles in the California State Water Project, and many more. And you know what else California has, dry air and lots of sunshine. Even better, a number of the canals, particularly in the SWP, rely on electric pumping stations to move the water up over mountains/hills. Save water, and generate the pumping power where you need it. I see this as an absolute win.
Great episode Dave. The solar potential in India is vast. Distributed solar is definatelly the way to go. With such a large land mass...
Nice high quality video and detail information. Thank you for educating us with correct information. Please keep up the good work.
Love this! Thank you! Very interesting and informative.♡
The western US could benefit immensely.
@Rolf Jander Yes, but we loose an insane amount of water in evaporation.
@@elliotsmith9812 No kidding. Take a look at All-American Canal. 80 miles of open water through one of the hottest driest parts of the country, and near the major energy guzzlers of southern california.
We are but the crazy politicians closed the reliable power plants before they replaced it with something else so now our costs are going thru the roof to pay for imported power. Emissions are worse since it comes from fossil plants. But the politicians think they look good because the pollution is not in their state. Never hand technical decisions to politicians, its like handing your car keys to a 2 year old.
@@RS-ls7mm I have seen a lot of canals in Colorado and Arizona which are not covered with solar, but could be. I have not seen any canals that are covered.
Just amazing that India is able to make such strides with solar and the USA keep on dragging it feet and making excuses. But when it comes to the military they just give them a blank check. What a rip off for sure. Nicely done Sir. Peace
Yes, the US just bought a shiny new aircraft carrier that refuses to launch or safely land an aircraft. If they get it working, it will be the perfect tool to fight WW2 again if that ever happens. Meanwhile real threats are ignored. A public that has never taken a civics class is allowed to vote. The US can no longer make a can opener that will actually open a can. There is a danger that the entire bachelor male population will starve to death.
@@kensmith5694 Well stated Ken. Can opener made in CHINA.
@Hiren Ahir That is a fact Hiren.
Isn't USA more into nuclear than solar?
Very Informative video and very easy to understand... KEEP IT UP!!
Excellent content. Excellent presentation and narration. Well done, Sir!!
I like this episode... an easy to understand application of solar panels solving several problems simultaneously, with the potential of further optimization. I see this being applied to significant canals in the arid southwest US and areas throughout the world where land is at a premium. I have not come across this before. Keep up the great work. 👍
Happy to see your video on India and we all need to do work to save our earth
very cool idea using simple technology! I love it! Thank you for the video
The past few months I’ve been living in a small village 50 km south of Jamnagar in Gujarat. This area mildly hilly, and benefits from strong prevailing winds. To reap geo and meteorological rewards, the place is a veritable windmill forest, literally hundreds if not thousands of them, lining the horizon. Standing under one such giant, this modern day Don Quixote, far from tilting at it, was rather thrilled to hear the turbine blades humming with power in their majestic sweep!! I’ve no idea of numbers, but many megawatts for sure must be pouring from these giants, with negligible operating expenses!!
Hello from Tamil Nadu, Southern India, and thanks for the video. I had no idea!
Hi Matthew. Thanks for your feedback. Much appreciated.
I am from India and lives in Tamil Naidu. Enough said
So are you indian or tamil?
@@pdev6000 Human.
@@pdev6000 An Indian Tamil, what kinda stupid question was that? :P
This is an idea which sounds really promising, it's a stroke of genius to combine utilities this way; it solves so many of the problems that cause a slowdown in adoption and gives the rest of the world a model on how to tackle these issues efficiently.
Its an eye opener and so well expounded . Good job.
Yet another great show! Thank you!
There is such a thing as good news.
i saw canal solar in Punjab, i think it was over a KM long.
Where? I saw around 100 meters long.
Your video was informative. Thanks for sharing! Also, TATA Power is doing wonders in the solar segment which can be seen nowadays.
Great informational video! Thank you... 🙏👍👍