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Many large-scale solar 'photovoltaic power stations' have been built, mainly in Europe.[1] Germany has a 10 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic system in Pocking, and a 12 MW plant in Arnstein, with a 40 MW power station planned for Muldentalkreis. Portugal has an 11 MW plant in Serpa and a 62 MW power station is planned for Moura. A 20 MW power plant is also planned for Beneixama, Spain. A photovoltaic power station proposed for Australia will use heliostat concentrator technology, should come into service in 2010, and is expected to have a capacity of 154 MW when it is completed in 2013.[2]
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For comparison, the largest non-photovoltaic solar plant, the solar thermal SEGS in California has an installed capacity of 350 MW. The largest nuclear power stations generate more than 1,000 MW.
A large new Solar power station in Victoria is planned. Solar Systems has announced the world's most advanced[14] 154MW photovoltaic (PV) heliostat solar concentrator power station for north-western Victoria. The A$420 million project will generate 270,000 MWh per year, enough for more than 45,000 homes. It will aid in reducing salinity and create jobs during manufacture, construction and operation. It will also reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 400,000 tonnes per year.[15] Full commissioning is expected in 2013, with the first stage to be completed in 2010.[16]
The Girrasol solar power plant is to be located in the municipality of Moura, in the interior region of Alentejo, Portugal, which is one of the sunniest regions in Europe but also one of the most economically depressed. The 62 MW project will be more than six times larger than the Bavaria Solar Park in Muhlhausen, Germany.[17]
The Girrasol power plant will have almost 190,000 panels (32 MW) in fixed positions, and a further 52,000 panels (10 MW) will be fitted to trackers which follow the sun across the sky. A further 20 MW of power capacity will be added during phase two of the project bringing the total installed capacity up to 62 MW. A total of 350,000 solar panels will be used covering an area equivalent to 150 football pitches (112 hectares). Enough power will be generated to prove electricity for over 20,000 homes.[18]
Construction work has been started on the £170 million Girassol solar panel factory will provide panels for the Girrasol solar power plant. The factory in Moura is due to become operational in December 2007 and will turn out 24 MW of solar panels annually and is being constructed by BP Solar.18
Building approval has been given for the Waldpolenz Solar Park, which will be the world’s biggest photovoltaic (PV) power system, at a former military air base to the east of Leipzig in Germany. The power plant will be a 40-megawatt solar power system using state-of-the-art thin film technology, and should be finished by the end of 2009.[19] 550,000 First Solar thin-film modules will be used, which will supply 40,000MWh of electricity per year.[20]
The Erlasee Solar Park, also sometimes called the Gut Erlasee Solar Park, is located in one of the sunniest regions of Germany. On the former wine-producing Erlasee estate near Arnstein in Bavaria, in southern Germany, SOLON has constructed what is currently the largest tracking photovoltaic solar power station in the world with an output of 12 MW. Just under 1,500 "SOLON-Movers" tracker mounted arrays convert sunlight into environmentally friendly power, generating as much as the average consumption of the nearby town of Arnstein.[21]
Construction of the 11 megawatt Serpa solar power plant began in June 2006 and was completed as planned in January 2007. The facility consists of a ground-mounted photovoltaic system that uses silicon solar cell technology to convert sunlight directly into energy. The Serpa solar power plant incorporates 52,000 photovoltaic modules manufactured by SunPower, Sanyo, and Sharp. The plant uses an innovative tracking system that follows the sun's daily path across the sky to generate more electricity than conventional fixed-mounted systems.[22] Generating electricity from the sun with no fuel costs or emissions, the Serpa plant is on a 60-hectare (150-acre) hillside and is a model of clean power generation integrated with agriculture.
The Pocking Solar Park is a 10 Megawatt (MWp) solar power plant which is among the largest photovoltaic solar power plants in the world. Construction and assembly of the power plant started in August 2005 and was completed in March 2006. On the former military training area in the Lower-Bavarian town of Pocking, sheep are now grazing under and around the 57,912 photovoltaic modules.[23]
The Monte Alto photovoltaic power plant in Spain has a generating capacity of 9.55 megawatts peak (MWp) and will generate 14 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per annum. It cost 65 million Euros [US$87 million].[24]
The installation covers an area of 51 hectares on agricultural land near the locality of Milagro (Navarre) and contains 889 solar structures, of which 864 are equipped with automated solar tracking. The rest are fixed structures adapted to the relief of the terrain.[24]
The Rote Jahne Solar Park in Saxony, Germany, has a total output capacity of six megawatts. Built at a former military airfield, it has 90,000 First Solar thin-film modules covering approximately 6.7 hectares, and produces approximately 5.7 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of solar electricity every year. The project cost around Euro 21 million [US $28 million].13
★ Energy policy of the European Union
★ Photovoltaics
★ Renewable energy commercialization
★ Renewable energy in the European Union
★ Solar power
★ Solar power in Germany
★ List of renewable energy topics by country
★ Solar power satellite
1. World's largest photovoltaic power plants
2. Solar Systems Facts Sheet
3. 154 MW Victoria (Australia) Project
4. Portugal plans biggest solar station
5. Large photovoltaic plant in Muldentalkreis
6. World’s largest solar power plant being built in eastern Germany
7. Large photovoltaic plant in Beneixama
8. Photovoltaic plant in Beneixama
9. Image of world's largest solar plant
10. The largest photovoltaic plant
11. GE, SunPower, Catavento team on plant
12. Solarpark Bavaria
13. Construction Complete on 6 MW Thin-Film PV Installation in Germany ''Renewable Energy Access'', 5 April 2007.
14. Australia advances with solar power ''The Times'', 26 October 2006.
15. Solar systems projects
16. Solar systems facts sheet -- The technology
17. 62 MW Solar PV Project Quietly Moves Forward ''Renewable Energy Access'', 18 November 2005.
18. Moura Worlds Largest PV Solar Plant
19. Building Approval Granted for 40 MW Photovoltaic Project
20. World’s largest solar power plant being built in eastern Germany
21. Solar Park "Gut Erlasee"
22. GE Invests, Delivers One of World's Largest Solar Power Plants
23. The world’s largest photovoltaic solar power plant is in Pocking
24. ACCIONA Inaugurates Solar Garden with 9.55 MWp Capacity
25. ACCIONA Inaugurates Solar Garden with 9.55 MWp Capacity
World's largest photovoltaic power stations
| Name | Country | DC Peak Power (MW) | Description | GW·h/year |
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| Solar power station in Victoria[3] | Australia | 154 | Heliostat concentrator photovoltaic technology ★ ★ | n.a. |
| Girrasol solar power plant[4] | Portugal | 62 | 350,000 BP Solar panels ★ ★ | 88 |
| Waldpolenz Solar Park[5] [6] | Germany | 40 | 550,000 First Solar thin-film modules ★ ★ | 40 |
| Beneixama photovoltaic power plant[7][8][9] | Spain | 20 | Tenesol, Aleo and Solon solar modules with Q-Cells cells | 30 |
| Nellis Solar Power Plant | USA | 15 | 70,000 solar panels ★ | 25 |
| Erlasee Solar Park[10] | Germany | 12 | 1,408 Solon mover | 14 |
| Serpa solar power plant[11] | Portugal | 11 | 52,000 solar modules | 20 |
| Pocking Solar Park | Germany | 10 | 57,912 solar modules | 11.5 |
| Monte Alto photovoltaic power plant | Spain | 9.5 | 14 | |
| Bavaria Solar Park in Muhlhausen[12] | Germany | 6.3 | 57,600 solar modules | 6.7 |
| Rote Jahne Solar Park[13] | Germany | 6 | 90,000 First Solar thin-film modules | 5.7 |
| Darro Solar Park1 | Spain | 5.8 | Conergy and SunPower modules | 11.6 |
| Kameyama | Japan | 5.2 | 47,000 square meters on Sharp LCD factory roof | n.a. |
| Bürstadt | Germany | 5 | 30,000 BP solar modules | 4.2 |
| Espenhain | Germany | 5 | 33,500 Shell solar modules | 5.0 |
| Springerville | USA | 4.59 | 34,980 BP solar modules | 7.8 |
| Geiseltalsee | Germany | 4 | 25,000 BP solar modules | 3.4 |
| Gottelborn | Germany | 4 | 50,000 solar modules | 8.2 |
| Hemau | Germany | 4 | 32,740 solar modules | 3.9 |
| Rancho Seco | USA | 3.9 | n.a. | n.a. |
| Dingolfing | Germany | 3.3 | Solara, Sharp and Kyocera solar modules | 3.0 |
| Serre | Italy | 3.3 | 60,000 solar modules | n.a. |
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For comparison, the largest non-photovoltaic solar plant, the solar thermal SEGS in California has an installed capacity of 350 MW. The largest nuclear power stations generate more than 1,000 MW.
Solar power station in Victoria
A large new Solar power station in Victoria is planned. Solar Systems has announced the world's most advanced[14] 154MW photovoltaic (PV) heliostat solar concentrator power station for north-western Victoria. The A$420 million project will generate 270,000 MWh per year, enough for more than 45,000 homes. It will aid in reducing salinity and create jobs during manufacture, construction and operation. It will also reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 400,000 tonnes per year.[15] Full commissioning is expected in 2013, with the first stage to be completed in 2010.[16]
Girrasol solar power plant
The Girrasol solar power plant is to be located in the municipality of Moura, in the interior region of Alentejo, Portugal, which is one of the sunniest regions in Europe but also one of the most economically depressed. The 62 MW project will be more than six times larger than the Bavaria Solar Park in Muhlhausen, Germany.[17]
The Girrasol power plant will have almost 190,000 panels (32 MW) in fixed positions, and a further 52,000 panels (10 MW) will be fitted to trackers which follow the sun across the sky. A further 20 MW of power capacity will be added during phase two of the project bringing the total installed capacity up to 62 MW. A total of 350,000 solar panels will be used covering an area equivalent to 150 football pitches (112 hectares). Enough power will be generated to prove electricity for over 20,000 homes.[18]
Construction work has been started on the £170 million Girassol solar panel factory will provide panels for the Girrasol solar power plant. The factory in Moura is due to become operational in December 2007 and will turn out 24 MW of solar panels annually and is being constructed by BP Solar.18
Waldpolenz Solar Park
Building approval has been given for the Waldpolenz Solar Park, which will be the world’s biggest photovoltaic (PV) power system, at a former military air base to the east of Leipzig in Germany. The power plant will be a 40-megawatt solar power system using state-of-the-art thin film technology, and should be finished by the end of 2009.[19] 550,000 First Solar thin-film modules will be used, which will supply 40,000MWh of electricity per year.[20]
Erlasee Solar Park
The Erlasee Solar Park, also sometimes called the Gut Erlasee Solar Park, is located in one of the sunniest regions of Germany. On the former wine-producing Erlasee estate near Arnstein in Bavaria, in southern Germany, SOLON has constructed what is currently the largest tracking photovoltaic solar power station in the world with an output of 12 MW. Just under 1,500 "SOLON-Movers" tracker mounted arrays convert sunlight into environmentally friendly power, generating as much as the average consumption of the nearby town of Arnstein.[21]
Serpa solar power plant
Solar power plant near Serpa, Portugal
Construction of the 11 megawatt Serpa solar power plant began in June 2006 and was completed as planned in January 2007. The facility consists of a ground-mounted photovoltaic system that uses silicon solar cell technology to convert sunlight directly into energy. The Serpa solar power plant incorporates 52,000 photovoltaic modules manufactured by SunPower, Sanyo, and Sharp. The plant uses an innovative tracking system that follows the sun's daily path across the sky to generate more electricity than conventional fixed-mounted systems.[22] Generating electricity from the sun with no fuel costs or emissions, the Serpa plant is on a 60-hectare (150-acre) hillside and is a model of clean power generation integrated with agriculture.
Pocking Solar Park
The Pocking Solar Park is a 10 Megawatt (MWp) solar power plant which is among the largest photovoltaic solar power plants in the world. Construction and assembly of the power plant started in August 2005 and was completed in March 2006. On the former military training area in the Lower-Bavarian town of Pocking, sheep are now grazing under and around the 57,912 photovoltaic modules.[23]
Monte Alto photovoltaic power plant
The Monte Alto photovoltaic power plant in Spain has a generating capacity of 9.55 megawatts peak (MWp) and will generate 14 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per annum. It cost 65 million Euros [US$87 million].[24]
The installation covers an area of 51 hectares on agricultural land near the locality of Milagro (Navarre) and contains 889 solar structures, of which 864 are equipped with automated solar tracking. The rest are fixed structures adapted to the relief of the terrain.[24]
Rote Jahne Solar Park
The Rote Jahne Solar Park in Saxony, Germany, has a total output capacity of six megawatts. Built at a former military airfield, it has 90,000 First Solar thin-film modules covering approximately 6.7 hectares, and produces approximately 5.7 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of solar electricity every year. The project cost around Euro 21 million [US $28 million].13
See also
★ Energy policy of the European Union
★ Photovoltaics
★ Renewable energy commercialization
★ Renewable energy in the European Union
★ Solar power
★ Solar power in Germany
★ List of renewable energy topics by country
★ Solar power satellite
References
1. World's largest photovoltaic power plants
2. Solar Systems Facts Sheet
3. 154 MW Victoria (Australia) Project
4. Portugal plans biggest solar station
5. Large photovoltaic plant in Muldentalkreis
6. World’s largest solar power plant being built in eastern Germany
7. Large photovoltaic plant in Beneixama
8. Photovoltaic plant in Beneixama
9. Image of world's largest solar plant
10. The largest photovoltaic plant
11. GE, SunPower, Catavento team on plant
12. Solarpark Bavaria
13. Construction Complete on 6 MW Thin-Film PV Installation in Germany ''Renewable Energy Access'', 5 April 2007.
14. Australia advances with solar power ''The Times'', 26 October 2006.
15. Solar systems projects
16. Solar systems facts sheet -- The technology
17. 62 MW Solar PV Project Quietly Moves Forward ''Renewable Energy Access'', 18 November 2005.
18. Moura Worlds Largest PV Solar Plant
19. Building Approval Granted for 40 MW Photovoltaic Project
20. World’s largest solar power plant being built in eastern Germany
21. Solar Park "Gut Erlasee"
22. GE Invests, Delivers One of World's Largest Solar Power Plants
23. The world’s largest photovoltaic solar power plant is in Pocking
24. ACCIONA Inaugurates Solar Garden with 9.55 MWp Capacity
25. ACCIONA Inaugurates Solar Garden with 9.55 MWp Capacity
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