Researchers in China have assessed the impact of using up to 50% of the Sahara desert for the deployment of large scale solar power ... via the Earth system model (EC-Earth), which simulates ...

a gigantic one-gigawatt solar facility in the Talatan Desert, was carried out by a group of experts from Xi’an University of Technology. Their research, which was published in Scientific Reports, ...

Often, though, these large-scale solar farms are deployed in desert habitats ... can then be exploited through measurements or model estimates to develop a more complete and consistent picture ...