Friday, February 09, 2024

Massive solar farms could provoke rainclouds in the desert of the Arabian peninsula

So much for green, renewable energy! 😊 There are a lot of environmental issues regarding intermittent and unreliable wind and solar power!

Of course, this article below tries to spin the rainclouds as something positive for the people of the United Arab Emirates!

"... But according to a new modeling study, there may be another way to stir up a rainmaker: with city-size solar farms that create their own weather. The heat from large expanses of dark solar panels can cause updrafts that, in the right conditions, lead to rainstorms, providing water for tens of thousands of people. “Some solar farms are getting up to the right size right now,”  ..."

Massive solar farms could provoke rainclouds in the desert | Science | AAAS

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