Dust-Prone Desert_01 (IMAGE)
Caption
German Rodriguez Ortiz, a doctoral graduate of UTEP’s Environmental Science and Engineering Program, is the lead author of a study that found solar panels at the Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility in Alamogordo—a region frequently affected by dust storms carrying particles from the White Sands gypsum dune field—lose power output from dust accumulation at a rate far lower than that of solar facilities in comparable desert regions worldwide. The study was published in the journal Atmosphere in April 2026.
Credit
The University of Texas at El Paso.
Usage Restrictions
None
License
Original content