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Thursday July 25, 2024

UC Merced

Construction has begun on a pilot project to install solar panels above two sections of Central Valley canals. This innovative initiative, which studies significant power and water issues, has already garnered recognition.

Project Nexus, a partnership between the Turlock Irrigation District (TID), the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), Bay Area development firm Solar AquaGrid, and UC Merced, received the Edmund G. “Pat” Brown Award from the California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance (CCEEB).

CCEEB describes itself as a “nonprofit, nonpartisan coalition of business, labor, and public leaders, which advances balanced policies for a healthy environment and a strong economy.”

The award named after Brown, who was governor when the CCEEB was founded in 1973 and was a longtime champion of economic growth alongside environmental measures, is designed to recognize an individual or organization whose activities exemplify the principles of environmental and economic balance.

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