California’s Water Crisis Could Turn Farmland Into Massive Solar Field

California’s largest agricultural water district wants to turn a growing water crisis into an economic pivot.

The Valley Clean Infrastructure Plan aims to repurpose tens of thousands of acres of water‑starved farmland in California’s San Joaquin Valley into a massive solar‑and‑battery network, producing power for the state’s grid, lowering energy costs for farmers, and creating a new economic lifeline as groundwater rules force fields to fallow.