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Solar photovoltaic cells convert sunlight into electricity and many solar photovoltaic power stations have been built, mainly in Europe.[1] As of October 2009, the largest photovoltaic (PV) power plants in the world are the Olmedilla Photovoltaic Park (Spain, 60 MW), the Strasskirchen Solar Park (Germany, 54 MW), the Lieberose Photovoltaic Park (Germany, 53 MW), the Puertollano Photovoltaic Park (Spain, 50 MW), the Moura photovoltaic power station (Portugal, 46 MW), and the Waldpolenz Solar Park (Germany, 40 MW).[1] Some photovoltaic power stations which are presently proposed will have a capacity of 150 MW or more.[2]

Many of these plants are integrated with agriculture and some use innovative tracking systems that follow the sun's daily path across the sky to generate more electricity than conventional fixed-mounted systems. There are no fuel costs or emissions during operation of the power stations.

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[edit] World's largest photovoltaic power stations

Waldpolenz Solar Park

President Barack Obama at the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center

Nellis Solar Power Plant

Serpa solar power plant
World's largest photovoltaic (PV) power plants (14 MW or larger)[1]
Name of PV power plant Country DC
Peak
Power
(MW)		 GW·h
/year		 Capacity
factor		 Notes
Olmedilla Photovoltaic Park Spain 60 85[1] 0.16 Completed September 2008
Strasskirchen Solar Park Germany 54
Lieberose Photovoltaic Park [3][4] Germany 53 53[4] 0.11 2009
Puertollano Photovoltaic Park Spain 50 2008
Moura photovoltaic power station[5] Portugal 46 93[5] 0.23 Completed December 2008
Kothen Solar Park Germany 45 2009
Finsterwalde Solar Park Germany 41 2009
Waldpolenz Solar Park[6][7] Germany 40 40[7] 0.11 550,000 First Solar thin-film CdTe modules. Completed December 2008
Arnedo Solar Plant Spain 34 Completed October 2008
Merida/Don Alvaro Solar Park Spain 30 Completed September 2008
Planta Solar La Magascona & La Magasquila Spain 30
Planta Solar Ose de la Vega Spain 30
Planta Fotovoltaico Casas de Los Pinos Spain 28
Planta Solar Fuent Alamo Spain 26 44[1]
DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center USA 25 42[8] 0.19 Completed October 2009
SinAn power plant Korea 24 33[1] 0.16 Completed October 2008
Arnprior Solar Generating Station Canada 23.4
Planta fotovoltaica de Lucainena de las Torres Spain 23.2 Completed August 2008
Parque Fotovoltaico Abertura Solar Spain 23.1 47[1] 0.23
Parque Solar Hoya de Los Vincentes Spain 23 41[1] 0.20
Huerta Solar Almaraz Spain 22.1 Completed September 2008
Mengkofen Solar Park Germany 21.7
Parque Solar El Coronil 1 Spain 21.4
Solarpark Calveron Spain 21.2 40[1] 0.22
Rothenburg Solar Park Germany 20
Seoul Solar Power Plant Korea 20
Huerta Solar Almaraz Spain 20 Completed September 2008
Planta solar fotovoltaico Calasparra Spain 20 Completed September 2008
Beneixama photovoltaic power plant [9] Spain 20 30[1] 0.17 Tenesol, Aleo and Solon solar modules with Q-Cells cells
El Bonillo Solar Park Spain 20 Completed October 2008
Parque Solar Olivenza Spain 18
Parque Solar Bonillo Spain 18 Completed October 2008
Solaranlage Allmanshoffen Germany 15
Planta Solar Calzada de Oropesa Spain 15
Gochang power plant Korea 15 23[1] 0.17 Completed October 2008
Planta de energía solar Mahora Spain 15 Completed September 2008
Koethen [7] Germany 14.75 13[1] 200,000 First Solar thin-film CdTe modules. Completed December 2008
Nellis Solar Power Plant USA 14.02 30[1] 0.24 70,000 solar panels
Planta Solar Lorca Spain 14
For comparison, the largest non-photovoltaic solar plant, the solar thermal SEGS in California has an installed capacity of 354 MW. The largest nuclear power stations generate more than 1,000 MW.

[edit] Selected smaller plants

Selected smaller plants which are notable[1]
Name of PV power plant Country DC
Peak
Power
(MW)		 GW·h
/year		 Capacity
factor		 Notes
Planta Solar de Salamanca Spain 13.8 70,000 Kyocera panels
Lobosillo Solar Park Spain 12.7 Chaori and YingLi modules
Erlasee Solar Park Germany 12 14 0.13 1,408 Solon mover
Serpa solar power plant[10] Portugal 11 20 0.21 52,000 solar modules
Pocking Solar Park Germany 10 11.5 0.13 57,912 solar modules
Monte Alto photovoltaic power plant Spain 9.5 14 0.17
Gottelborn Solar Park Germany 8.4 8.4 0.11
Alamosa photovoltaic power plant[11] USA 8.2 17 0.24 Completed December 2007
Bavaria Solar Park in Muhlhausen[12] Germany 6.3 6.7 0.12 57,600 solar modules
Rote Jahne Solar Park[13] Germany 6 5.7 0.11 90,000 First Solar thin-film modules
Darro Solar Park[1] Spain 5.8 11.6 0.23 Conergy and SunPower modules
Kameyama Japan 5.2 47,000 square meters on Sharp LCD factory roof

[edit] Large systems in planning or under construction

Large systems in planning or under construction
Name of Plant Country DC
Peak
Power
(MW)		 GW·h
/year		 Capacity
factor		 Notes
Rancho Cielo Solar Farm USA 600 Thin film silicon from Signet Solar**
Topaz Solar Farm [14] USA 550 1,100 0.23 Thin film CdTe from First Solar**
High Plains Ranch [14] USA 250 550 0.25 Monocrystaline silicon from SunPower with tracking **
AV Solar Ranch One [15] USA 230 600 0.30 **
Mildura Solar concentrator power station[16] Australia 154 270 0.20 Heliostat concentrator using GaAs cells from Spectrolab**
KCRD Solar Farm[17][18][19] USA 80 Scheduled to be completed in 2012 **
Davidson County Solar Farm[20] USA 21.5 36 individual structures**
Cádiz solar power plant Spain 20.1 36 0.20 *
Sarnia, Ontario[21] Canada 20 *
Kennedy Space Center, Florida USA 10 To be constructed by SunPower for FPL Energy, completion date 2010.**
* Under construction; ** Proposed

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o PV Resources.com (2009). World's largest photovoltaic power plants
  2. ^ Mark Z. Jacobson (2009). of Solutions to Global Warming, Air Pollution, and Energy Security p. 4.
  3. ^ Germany Turns On World's Biggest Solar Power Project
  4. ^ a b Lieberose solar farm becomes Germany's biggest, World's second-biggest
  5. ^ a b Amareleja Solar Central solar which cost 261 ME started today (29 Dec 08) at full capacity
  6. ^ Large photovoltaic plant in Muldentalkreis
  7. ^ a b c Germany's largest Solar parks connected to the grid (19 Dec 08)
  8. ^ "DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center FAQs". FPL. http://www.fpl.com/environment/solar/desoto_faq.shtml. Retrieved 2009-11-01. 
  9. ^ Citysolar (2007). Solar park of the superlative
  10. ^ "GE, SunPower, Catavento team on plant". BusinessWeek. 2007-03-28. http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8O57HCO0.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-29. 
  11. ^ 8.22-Megawatt Photovoltaic Solar Plant
  12. ^ Solarpark Bavaria
  13. ^ Construction Complete on 6 MW Thin-Film PV Installation in Germany Renewable Energy Access, 5 April 2007.
  14. ^ a b [1]
  15. ^ "AV Solar Ranch One". NextLight Renewable Power LLC. 2009. http://www.avsolarranchone.com/default.asp. Retrieved 2009-06-06. 
  16. ^ 154 MW Victoria (Australia) Project
  17. ^ KCRD Solar Farm
  18. ^ "Californians plan solar mega-farm". Upstream Online. 2007-07-06. http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article136862.ece. Retrieved 2007-07-10. 
  19. ^ Cleantech America Plans 80 MW Solar PV Farm for California Renewable Energy Access, 10 July 2007.
  20. ^ Duke Energy Signs Up for Largest US Photovoltaic Project
  21. ^ Enbridge Inc. buys Sarnia solar farm

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