They'll just run it off of moonlight then.
Yes, ha.ha.ha.
This is part of the unavoidable.
This is part of the new world.
Solar/Steam plants in large desert enclaves, all over the world.
Beaming energy off the upper layers of the atmosphere, just like we do radio waves now.
We could do this around the north pole. 23 hours of daylight is being ignored.
The technology is available.