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[sunshinesnacks]

Several of the largest solar plants in the world are in deserts.

Edit: I think that all of the top 5 largest are in deserts. Maybe more.

[RandomThoughts3 → sunshinesnacks]

Yes, because there is a lot of space there and the sun shines a lot. But they are not more efficient that installation outside of deserts which was the claim made by the comment I was replying to.

[sunshinesnacks → RandomThoughts3]

Maybe not more efficient, but there’s usually more solar resource in the desert, and the net is usually more electricity produced.

See the executive summary linked at the bottom of this page: https://emp.lbl.gov/publications/utility-scale-solar-2023-ed....