/technologies/power-management/b/blog/posts/a-modeling-study-predicts-that-solar-farms-could-produce-rainfallA solar farm. (Image Credit: TheOtherKev/ pixabay ) Is that bad? In the UAE, where water is harder to come by than oil, cloud seeding or desalination plants produce freshwater for everyone living there. Now, a 2024 modeling study says huge solar farmsen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/power-management/b/blog/posts/a-modeling-study-predicts-that-solar-farms-could-produce-rainfallSat, 25 Apr 2026 18:23:10 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:631d0452-08c9-464b-859a-50d1589a5ee4DAB0<p>Interesting, but I doubt that the rain would fall where the updraft is located.</p> <p>When you watch weather patterns, an updraft just starts the process.</p> <p>You still need the moisture and accumulation over time to reach a point where you have a cloud with rain potential.</p> <p>It would be more economical to equip tankers with rain collectors and sail them into precipitation over the ocean.</p> <p>You would get good clean water and then be able to take it to where you need it.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=29702&AppID=4&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/technologies/power-management/b/blog/posts/a-modeling-study-predicts-that-solar-farms-could-produce-rainfallFri, 24 Apr 2026 17:45:19 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:631d0452-08c9-464b-859a-50d1589a5ee4dougw0<p>It sounds like even just darkening land surfaces would have a similar effect.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=29702&AppID=4&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">