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"The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktum solar park currently has a capacity of 2.4
gigawatts and generates one kilowatt-hour of electricity for just about 2.5
cents.
To achieve this, an area of almost 4 square miles had to be fitted with solar
panels, which absorb large amounts of sunlight and also heat up. It is obvious
that such dimensions have an impact on the environment.
At the University of Hohenheim in Germany, they have therefore done the math.
After all, there are sufficiently reliable weather models available that can be
used to forecast the complex interplay of heat, air and water.
An area of 6 square miles was used for this, a value that the solar park above
is likely to reach shortly. This size is expected to absorb 95 percent of the
sun's rays.
Air inevitably rises above such a large and warming area. This creates
convection currents, which are responsible for cloud formation. Only one more
ingredient is missing: moisture in the air.
And this is exactly what is found in the Persian Gulf, together with winds that
bring movement into play in higher layers of air.
As a result, conditions regularly come together that provide 0.4 inches (10
millimeters) of rain over an area around three times the size of the underlying
solar surface. In Maine, this would correspond to a very rainy day. In the
United Arab Emirates, this is the rainfall of the entire summer."
Via Kenny Chaffin.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
