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The U.S. is suffering from an acute shortage of solar panels.Several thousand shipping containers of solar panels have been detained by U.S. Customs near ports such as Los Angeles, according to some estimates, while even more have been held up in factories and ports from Vietnam to Malaysia or diverted to places such as Europe—a result of U.S. legislation aimed at cracking down on labor abuses in China. The disruptions have pummeled solar deployment in the U.S., where domestic manufacturers are few and imports, largely…

In March 2021, Electrek reported that scientists published a feasibility study about the benefits of erecting solar panels over canals. That study is about to become a reality when a pilot project breaks ground in California. Solar over canals August 26 update: Project Nexus in the Turlock Irrigation District, a $20 million project funded by the State of California, will break ground in mid-October at two locations: A 500-foot span of a canal in Hickman, east of Modesto A mile-long canal span in the nearby city…