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To: elmatador who wrote (2886)	7/27/2019 5:53:31 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13803

The ambient temperature of the water in those locations is already well higher than the point where electrical efficiency of solar panels is significantly impaired. And as with most recent solar installations, the solar farms are in a desolate area. There's not a lot of water for evaporative cooling in places where solar panels get hot and inefficient, like countries like Dubai and Qatar, so they just live with less efficiency. The energy cost of closed-cycle refrigerant cooling costs more than the heat-induced inefficiency.