List of photovoltaic power stations
The following page lists photovoltaic power stations that are larger than 25 MW in current net capacity. Solar photovoltaic cells convert sunlight into electricity and many solar photovoltaic power stations have been built, mainly in Europe.[1] As of December 2011, the largest photovoltaic (PV) power plants in the world are the Huanghe Hydropower Golmud Solar Park (China, 200 MW), Perovo Solar Park (Ukraine, 100 MW), Sarnia Photovoltaic Power Plant (Canada, 97 MW), Montalto di Castro Photovoltaic Power Station (Italy, 84.2 MW), Senftenberg Solarpark (Germany, 82 MW), Finsterwalde Solar Park (Germany, 80.7 MW) and the Okhotnykovo Solar Park (Ukraine, 80 MW).[1]
There are also many large plants under construction. The Desert Sunlight Project is a 550 MW solar power plant under construction in Riverside County, California, that will use thin-film solar photovoltaic modules made by First Solar.[2] The Topaz Solar Farm is a 550 MW photovoltaic power plant, being built in San Luis Obispo County, California.[3] The Blythe Solar Power Project is a 500 MW photovoltaic station under construction in Riverside County, California. The Agua Caliente Solar Project is a 290 megawatt photovoltaic solar generating facility being built in Yuma County, Arizona. The California Valley Solar Ranch (CVSR) is a 250 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic power plant, which is being built by SunPower in the Carrizo Plain, northeast of California Valley.[4] The 230 MW Antelope Valley Solar Ranch is a First Solar photovoltaic project which is under construction in the Antelope Valley area of the Western Mojave Desert, and due to be completed in 2013.[5]
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
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 station is rated more than 7,900 MW. The largest power plant is Three Gorges Dam hydropower station with 22 500 MW installed capacity.
[edit] Large systems under construction or in planning
| Name of Plant | Country | Coordinates | DC Peak Power (MW) |
GW·h /year |
Capacity factor |
Scheduled completion date |
Notes |
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| Ordos Solar Project[67] | China | 2,000 | ~3,875 | ~.25 | 2019 ** | Thin film CdTe from First Solar, to be completed in 4 stages | |
| Barmer Solar Project [68] | India | 1,000 | Planned | ||||
| Bikaner Solar Project [68] | India | 1,000 | Planned | ||||
| Jaisalmer Solar Project [68] | India | 1,000 | Planned | ||||
| Jodhpur Solar Project [68] | India | 1,000 | Planned | ||||
| Calico Solar Energy Project | USA | 563 | 2014 ** | Also with 100.5 MW of solar thermal | |||
| Topaz Solar Farm[3] | USA | 35°23′N 120°4′W / 35.383°N 120.067°W | 550 | 1,066 | 0.23 | 2015 * | |
| Desert Sunlight Project[69][70] | USA | 550 | 2015 * | Has received government loan guarantee[2] | |||
| Charanka Solar Park | India | 500 | 2014** | ||||
| Blythe Solar Power Project | USA | 33°39′N 114°43′W / 33.65°N 114.717°W | 500 | * | |||
| Amargosa Farm Road Solar Project | USA | 500 | [71][72] | ||||
| Panoche Valley Solar Farm | USA | 420 | 810 | ||||
| AVSP I[73] | USA | 325 | 830 | 2016 ** | |||
| Desert Stateline [69][70] | USA | 300 | 673 | 0.26 | 2015 ** | ||
| Agua Caliente Solar Project[38] | USA | 290 | 688 | 0.27 | 2014 * | First 30 MW phase completed in January 2012 | |
| AVSP II[73] | USA | 276 | 730 | 2016 ** | |||
| Centinela Solar Energy Project[38][74] | USA | 275 | 2014 ** | ||||
| Antelope Valley Solar Ranch [38][75] | USA | 230 | 592 | 2013 * | Has received government loan guarantee[2] | ||
| California Valley Solar Ranch [76] | USA | 35°20′N 119°55′W / 35.333°N 119.917°W | 210 | 550 | 0.25 | 2011 * | Has received government loan guarantee[2] |
| Kozani PV Park[77] | Greece | 200 | 2013 ** | Scheduled to begin in late 2011, expected to cover 6.000 acres with a construction duration of 18 months and 600 million Euro cost | |||
| Solaren[38] | USA | 200 | 1,700 | 0.97 | 2016 ** | space-based | |
| SDIC Huanjiang Golmud Solar Park[78] | China | 200 | * | First 20 MW phase completed | |||
| Mallee Solar Park[79] | Australia | 180 | ** | Thin film CdTe from First Solar | |||
| Mildura Solar concentrator power station[80] | Australia | 34°27′59″S 142°11′00″E / 34.46639°S 142.1833333°E | 154 | 270 | 0.20 | ** | Heliostat concentrator using GaAs cells from Spectrolab |
| Moree Solar Farm[81] | Australia | 150 | 2015** | Multi crystalline solar PV, single-axis tracking | |||
| Sakri PV solar energy project[82] | India | 150 | 2012*[83] | Has achieved financial closure, 100 MW | |||
| Mesquite Solar 1[84] | USA | 33°20′06″N 112°55′12″W / 33.335°N 112.92°W | 150 | 350 | 0.27 | 2013 ** | Has received government loan guarantee |
| Toul [85] | France | 143 | 2013 * | ||||
| Arlington Valley Solar[38] | USA | 110 | 270 | 2013 ** | |||
| Quinto Solar Project[73] | USA | 110 | 275 | 2014 ** | |||
| Laowa Shilin Solar Park[86] | China | 100 | 118 | 2012 * | |||
| Imperial Solar Energy Center South[87][88] | USA | 97 | 204 | 2014 ** | 97 - 130 MW | ||
| Finow Solarpark[89] | Germany | 84.5 | 82 | 2011* | |||
| KCRD Solar Farm[90][91][92] | USA | 80 | 2012 ** | ||||
| Alpine Suntower[38][93] | USA | 66 | 145 | 0.25 | 2012 ** | ||
| Beixiao Shilin Solar Park[94][95] | China | 66 | 77 | 2011 * | First 20 MW phase completed in 2010 | ||
| North Star Solar [38] | USA | 60 | 136 | 2013 ** | |||
| Alpaugh Solar Plant[38][96] | USA | 50 | 80 | 0.18 | 2013 ** | ||
| High Plains Ranch III [38][97] | USA | 40 | 112 | 2012 ** | |||
| Covaci Solar Park | Romania | 35 | 35 | 2011 | |||
| Shigatse Solar Farm[98][99] | China | 30 | * | First 10 MW phase completed in July 2011 |
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[edit] References
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- ^ a b c d "DOE Closes on Four Major Solar Projects". Renewable Energy World. 30 September 2011. http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/09/doe-closes-on-three-major-solar-projects?cmpid=SolarNL-Tuesday-October4-2011.
- ^ a b Steve Leone (7 December 2011). "Billionaire Buffett Bets on Solar Energy". Renewable Energy World. http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/12/billionaire-buffett-bets-on-solar-energy?cmpid=SolarNL-Thursday-December8-2011.
- ^ "NRG Energy Completes Acquisition of 250-Megawatt California Valley Solar Ranch from SunPower". MarketWatch. 30 September 2011. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nrg-energy-completes-acquisition-of-250-megawatt-california-valley-solar-ranch-from-sunpower-2011-09-30.
- ^ "Exelon purchases 230 MW Antelope Valley Solar Ranch One from First Solar". Solar Server. 4 October 2011. http://www.solarserver.com/solar-magazine/solar-news/current/2011/kw40/exelon-purchases-230-mw-antelope-valley-solar-ranch-one-from-first-solar.html.
- ^ Note that nominal power may be AC or DC, depending on the plant. See AC-DC conundrum: Latest PV power-plant ratings follies put focus on reporting inconsistency (update)
- ^ Enbridge Huanghe Company: Golmud 200MW PV Station Connected to Gridm
- ^ CCTV: China-PV Power Station
- ^ Samil Power: Utility Scale Projects
- ^ PVTECH: Activ Solar adds 20MW to Perovo Solar Power Station
- ^ В Крыму построили крупнейшую солнечную электростанцию в мире
- ^ Enbridge Inc. buys Sarnia solar farm
- ^ Sarnia Solar Project Celebration
- ^ SolarServer: 78 MW of the world’s largest solar photovoltaic plant connected to grid in Senftenberg, Germany
- ^ Good Energies, NIBC Infrastructure Partners acquire Finsterwalde II and Finsterwalde III
- ^ Implementation of the 39 MWp – „Solar Park Finsterwalde II and Finsterwalde III“
- ^ PVTECH: Activ Solar completes first phases of 80MW Ukrainian solar plant
- ^ Mission accomplished for Activ Solar: final phase of Ukraine solar plant completed
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- ^ ThailandBusinessNews: Thailand Plans To Rev Up Solar Power
- ^ Germany Turns On World's Biggest Solar Power Project
- ^ Lieberose solar farm becomes Germany's biggest, World's second-biggest
- ^ SunEdison sells Europe's largest solar plant to First Reserve
- ^ First Reserve buys 70 MW solar plant from SunEdison
- ^ EDF BILAN SOLAIRE AU 31 DECEMBRE 2010
- ^ NautilusSolar: SSM Phases 1-3
- ^ Large photovoltaic plant in Muldentalkreis
- ^ a b Germany's largest Solar parks connected to the grid (19 Dec 08)
- ^ a b c Waldpolenz got extended by nearly 12 MW (Sep 11)
- ^ Energieeffizientes Bürogebäude in Brandis
- ^ Longyuan Power: China Longyuan’s Qinghai Geermu Phase I 20MW On-grid PV Power Project has been Put Into Operation
- ^ Longyuan Power: China Longyuan’s Geermu Phase II PV Power Project has been Put Into Operation
- ^ Sungrow: Geermu Phase-I 20MWpPV Grid Connected Power Plant Project by Longyuan Electric Power Group
- ^ Project 5379 : Qinghai Golmud Solar Power Project
- ^ Canadian Solar Completes 50 Mwatt Solar Project in China
- ^ Sungrow: Ningxia Power Generation Group 50MW Power Plant Project in Hongsibao
- ^ PVTECH: SAG Solarstrom activates 48MWp Serenissima PV power plant in Italy, meets deadline for higher FiT
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l RPS Project Status Table - February Update
- ^ America's Largest PV Power Plant Is Now Live (December 6, 2010), Renewable Energy World.
- ^ a b Amareleja Solar Central solar which cost 261 ME started today (29 Dec 08) at full capacity
- ^ NRG Solar and Eurus Energy Avenal Solar Facility Starts Generating Power
- ^ AES Solar - Projects Currently Operating
- ^ Adani Power to invest Rs 3,000 cr in solar power
- ^ a b [tt_news=336&tx_ttnews[backPid]=1938&cHash=21c0ea24f4 SolarHybrid: solarhybrid AG connects three German solar projects totaling 88.6 MWp to the grid in record time]
- ^ (November 19, 2011.) "A crack and then it runs." Märkifche Oderzeitung. Accessed February 2012.
- ^ 3 L invest a.s.
- ^ CEZ Group: Ralsko
- ^ RenewableEnergyWorld: Italy Overhauls Its PV Incentives
- ^ FVE CZECH
- ^ FVE CZECH NOVUM s.r.o.
- ^ PHOTON: 35 MW power plant completed in Colorado – state’s largest
- ^ RenewableEnergyWorld: Italy Overhauls Its PV Incentives
- ^ Exenewable: Solarpark Ernsthof Ost, 34.4 MW
- ^ PVTECH: Curbans, France
- ^ Renewable Energy Focus: The 32 MW Long Island Solar Farm has been commissioned
- ^ SolarServer: Solarhybrid AG meldet Rekordzahlen bei Auftragseingängen im Photovoltaik-Kraftwerksbau
- ^ Moser Baer commissions 30-MW solar farm in Gujarat
- ^ Solar power plant in Ahmedabad Asia's biggest
- ^ Cimarron Solar Project
- ^ Gestamp: PV Osa de la Vega
- ^ PVTech: Austin Energy inaugurates 30MW Webberville solar plant
- ^ Press: ČEZ building largest solar plant in ČR
- ^ ERÚ: GENTLEY a.s.
- ^ Enerparc AG: Heideblick, Germany
- ^ SolarServer: Megawatt-Solarpark "Eiche" am Berliner Stadtrand soll bis zum Jahresende fertig gestellt werden
- ^ "DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center FAQs". FPL. http://www.fpl.com/environment/solar/desoto_faq.shtml. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ http://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange/will-china-and-us-be-partners-or-rivals-new-energy-economy
- ^ a b c d http://www.rechargenews.com/energy/solar/article296921.ece
- ^ a b CPUC: Status of RPS Projects
- ^ a b RESOLUTION E-4347 September 2, 2010
- ^ Campbell, Carolyn (October 12, 2011). "Amargosa Farm Road Switches From CSP to PV". Greentech Media. http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Amargosa-Farm-Road-Switches-From-CSP-to-PV/. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
- ^ Lillian, Jessica (6 October 2011). "The New Utility-Scale Era? Major Project Acquisition Spells Tech Changeover". Solar Industry. Zackin Publications Inc. http://solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8858. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
- ^ a b c CPUC RESOLUTION E-4456, November 12, 2012
- ^ ENERGY DIVISION RESOLUTION E-4388
- ^ "AV Solar Ranch One". NextLight Renewable Power LLC. 2009. http://www.avsolarranchone.com/default.asp. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- ^ ENERGY DIVISION RESOLUTION E-4229
- ^ Greek Prime minister announces construction of photovoltaic park in Kozani
- ^ SDIC Geermu 200MWp PV Grid Connected Power Plant Project (Phase-I)
- ^ [1]
- ^ 154 MW Victoria (Australia) Project
- ^ [2]
- ^ 125 MW 'photovoltaic solar energy project' at Shivajinagar,Sakri,Dhule, Maharashtra, India
- ^ [www.mahagenco.in/NIT-Format25MW.pdf "Crystalline Solar PV Power Project"]. MAHAGENCO. www.mahagenco.in/NIT-Format25MW.pdf. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ "Sempra Generation contracts with PG&E for 150 mw of solar power". Sempra Energy. October 12, 2010. http://public.sempra.com/newsreleases/viewpr.cfm?PR_ID=2536&Co_Short_Nm=SE. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
- ^ [3]
- ^ Project 4082 : Kunming Shilin Grid-connected Solar Power Generation Projec
- ^ ENERGY DIVISION RESOLUTION E-4408
- ^ MarketWatch: Tenaska Solar Ventures Chooses First Solar to Construct Imperial Solar Energy Center South
- ^ SolarHybrid: FinowTower2
- ^ KCRD Solar Farm
- ^ "Californians plan solar mega-farm". Upstream Online (NHST Media Group). 2007-07-06. http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article136862.ece. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- ^ Cleantech America Plans 80 MW Solar PV Farm for California Renewable Energy Access, 10 July 2007.
- ^ RESOLUTION E-4356 September 2, 2010
- ^ Project Yunnan Kunming Shilin Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation Project
- ^ Phase-I project of Asia's largest solar power plant put into operation
- ^ RESOLUTION E-4377, November 19, 2010
- ^ ENERGY DIVISION RESOLUTION E-4375
- ^ Solar Power Station by the end of China’s Tibet Shigatse the largest photovoltaic power generation
- ^ 西藏日喀则太阳能光伏电站一期工程完工并入藏中电网运行
[edit] External links
- PV Resources.com - World's largest photovoltaic power plants
- Solar Energy Industry Association - Large Solar Projects in the US
- Bureau of Land Management 2012 Renewable Energy Priority Projects
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