The Sahara is arid and it's hot. PV Modules are effective when there is sunlight and it's cold. Because voltage drops when the modules are hot and voltage rises when it's cold. The hotter the module, the lower the voltage, the lower the production.
This is why PV is popular in places like Colorado where it's cold and it's sunny and it struggles in places like Arizona and it's not as effective.
PV Modules are also large. Really large. they eat up a ton of land. The size is actually quite restrictive. That's why you see people have solar for their water heater, but not their homes. Because the cost compared to the savings aren't there.
Ground mount trackers are best for production, but now you're adding more points of failure and PV modules fail. Kind of a lot. Not as much as inverters, but they fail. The efficiency also isn't there. I'm sure it will be over time, but right now, it's just not there yet. Until we can find another semiconductor and find a way to convert the excess heat into energy (efficiency), it won't move forward. Heat is a problem for all electronics or anything with circuits. We keep on sizing shit down, but we don't deal with the problem of heat. And until that's addressed, we're going to be capped on our technology.
No. It won't.
That's not how solar works.
The Sahara is arid and it's hot. PV Modules are effective when there is sunlight and it's cold. Because voltage drops when the modules are hot and voltage rises when it's cold. The hotter the module, the lower the voltage, the lower the production.
This is why PV is popular in places like Colorado where it's cold and it's sunny and it struggles in places like Arizona and it's not as effective.
PV Modules are also large. Really large. they eat up a ton of land. The size is actually quite restrictive. That's why you see people have solar for their water heater, but not their homes. Because the cost compared to the savings aren't there.
Ground mount trackers are best for production, but now you're adding more points of failure and PV modules fail. Kind of a lot. Not as much as inverters, but they fail. The efficiency also isn't there. I'm sure it will be over time, but right now, it's just not there yet. Until we can find another semiconductor and find a way to convert the excess heat into energy (efficiency), it won't move forward. Heat is a problem for all electronics or anything with circuits. We keep on sizing shit down, but we don't deal with the problem of heat. And until that's addressed, we're going to be capped on our technology.