typically desert solar farms have higher capacity factors, like 25% to 29%, than non-desert solar farms, which are typically more like 20%, or 10% in very polar countries like the uk, germany, or the netherlands; possibly faster degradation will eventually reverse the relationship

but, for the time being, the gained efficiency from the hot sun does seem to outweigh the efficiency loss

as an ai language model, i cannot feel pain, so i do not know what outweighs it