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My experience visiting there disagrees. They have a large amount of land, but they also have sandstorms, along with sand being everywhere. In the long run, the
by csunbird 6y ago
My experience visiting there disagrees. They have a large amount of land, but they also have sandstorms, along with sand being everywhere. In the long run, the maintenance should outweigh the benefits, unless they find a way to deal with this issue.
- phaemon 6y agoAnd reality disagrees with you: https://www.sunwindenergy.com/news/35-mw-solar-farm-saudi-arabia-completed https://www.sunwindenergy.com/news/35-mw-solar-farm-saudi-ar...
- Robotbeat 6y agoHere’s a more recent article. 1.35 cents per kWh. Abu Dhabi. https://cleantechnica.com/2020/05/06/abu-dhabi-will-have-the-cheapest-solar-farm-ever-built/amp/ https://cleantechnica.com/2020/05/06/abu-dhabi-will-have-the...
- raghava 6y ago> unless they find a way to deal with this issue. Cheap human labour from impoverished parts of Asia and Africa is one very possible option. The supply chains are already there. I personally know a few people from villages in South India, who had been trained in that kinda job - dressing up in heat-controlled suits, driving sand-buggies and operating large-scale-wipers and cleaners - to keep panels clean. A similar one is in India too. And some of those firms put in place a locally adapted solution - which involves a lot of wastage of resources of other kinds (water, manpower). More info: https://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/renewables/the-pros-and-cons-of-the-worlds-biggest-solar-park https://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/renewables/the-pros-and-con... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyWUjTxyWsk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyWUjTxyWsk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V-8CY-5Oa0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V-8CY-5Oa0