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Photovoltaic power station
By Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photovoltaic_power_stations
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Solar array at Nellis Air Force Base. These panels
track the sun in one axis. Credit: U.S. Air Force photo
by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr. |
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Solar power plant near Serpa, Portugal 38°1?51?N
7°37?22?W/38.03083,-7.62278 |
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First Solar 40-MW CdTe PV Array installed by JUWI
Group in Waldpolenz, Germany |
Solar photovoltaic cells convert sunlight into electricity
and many solar photovoltaic power stations have been
built, mainly in Europe.[1]
Several large photovoltaic
power plants have been completed in Spain
in 2008: the Parque Fotovoltaico Olmedilla de Alarcon (60 MW),
Parque Solar Merida/Don Alvaro (30 MW), Planta
solar Fuente álamo (26 MW), Planta fotovoltaica
de Lucainena de las Torres (23.2 MW), Parque Fotovoltaico
Abertura Solar (23.1 MW), Parque Solar Hoya de Los
Vincentes (23 MW), the Solarpark Calveron (21 MW),
and the Planta Solar La Magascona (20 MW). Another
recently completed 14 MW plant is located at Nellis
Air Force Base in the USA. Germany has a 12 MW plant
in Arnstein, and a 10 MW photovoltaic system in Pocking,
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 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]
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.
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 stations generate more than 1,000
MW.
Large systems in planning or under
construction
* Under construction; ** Proposed
See also
References
External links
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photovoltaic_power_stations
Published - December 2008
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