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Gigantic solar farms of the future might impact how much solar power can be generated on the other side of the world

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par Zhengyao Lu, Researcher in Physical Geography, Lund University
Jingchao Long, Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science

The Sun’s energy is effectively limitless. While resources such as coal or gas are finite, if you are able to capture and use solar power it doesn’t prevent anyone else from also using as much sunshine as they need.

Except that isn’t quite the full story. Beyond a certain size, solar farms become large enough to affect the weather around them and ultimately the climate as a whole. In our new research we have looked at the effect such climate-altering solar farms might have on solar power production elsewhere…

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