Nevada desert landscape. Image credit:Andrew Faridian’s Geography Blog
Fresno Bee points out that “Water is the cooling agent for what traditionally has been the most cost-efficient type of large-scale solar plants.” There are more expensive, air-cooled versions of the big-tower, concentrated solar power (CSP) plants; but it’s the less expensive, water-sucking versions that currently are being built on public lands – in the desert – where water shortages are real….