All good points! In terms of parking it ashore, ships have access to plenty of water, which isn't necessarily the case in other desert areas.
Maybe a desert near the ocean though, like in Somalia, but then you still need a ship to transport the liquified natural gas to market (or a pipeline). If the economics worked, I guess either would be fine.
The reality is that if the idea were viable with a ship, it'd almost certainly be (probably more) viable without one too. If land use were the issue, then you could also imagine a flotilla of permanent rafts instead of ship.
Though other commenters have noted that the ships could move to the Southern Hemisphere in the winter to get more solar exposure.
Maybe a desert near the ocean though, like in Somalia, but then you still need a ship to transport the liquified natural gas to market (or a pipeline). If the economics worked, I guess either would be fine.
The reality is that if the idea were viable with a ship, it'd almost certainly be (probably more) viable without one too. If land use were the issue, then you could also imagine a flotilla of permanent rafts instead of ship.
Though other commenters have noted that the ships could move to the Southern Hemisphere in the winter to get more solar exposure.