I don't even mind that people looked at the thread for a week before a response. Saving@Home doesn't get much love. We takes what we can get.
So lets think about this. Abu Dubia is at 24+° latitude
http://www.latlong.net/place/abu-dha...ates-3401.html
The Tropic of Cancer is at 23+°
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_of_Cancer
So the sun is virtually overhead at least on day a year and never lower in the sky than our summer sun.
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The solar panels are laid flat, accepting some efficiency loss for the architectural cause.
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Actually, any efficiency loss just means upsizing the panels relative to the rest of the system. My criticism would be that they expend a lot of energy washing the dust off the panels.
The 'Fan and PAD' cooling system is four box fans pointed to the four winds. Compare to R.B.Fuller's omnidirectional rotating ventilator on his Dymaxion house.
Heat island? It's in the desert! Probably the coolest place around. I've seen other stories on it as it was being built. It has perforated screens that shade without blocking air flow. And Northward solar orientation.
This article is upbeat but my understanding was that it was having financial struggles and the expansion hasn't happened as quickly as expected.