Solar plants on canals have already been successfully built in India, where this technology ... with a steel truss had a lower NPV than ground-mounted arrays, due to the high cost of the truss.

Both simulated installations were based on use of a SmartSolar MPPT 75/15 solar charge controller manufactured by Victron Energy. Under simulation, the ground-mounted array generated 1,192 kWh ...

Ground-mounted solar panels typically have more room to stretch out and create a more efficient array. Adding more is easier as well, since additional solar panels can be bolted to new ...