Largest photovoltaic systems in some countries

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Hemau photovoltaic power plant, Germany - 4 MWp. Source/Copyright: EPURON, Hamburg. Rancho Seco photovoltaic power plant, CA, USA - 3,9 MWp. Source/Copyright: NREL PIX Serre photovoltaic power plant, Italy - 3,3 MWp. Source/Copyright: IEA PVPS task 2. Mont Soleil photovoltaic power plant, Switzerland - 560 kWp. Source/Copyright: Verein Schweizerischer Elektrizitätsunternehmen.

Some large photovoltaic systems in Germany, USA, Italy and in the Switzerland (Source/Copyright - from left to the right: Hemau, Germany EPURON, Rancho Seco, CA, USA NREL PIX, Serre, Italy IEA PVPS Task 2, Mont Soleil, Switzerland VSE - Verein Schweizerischer Elektrizitätsunternehmen.)

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The largest photovoltaic systems in some countries are presented in the table below. If some power plants are missing and should be included in this table, or if some entries in the table should be modified, please mail detailed information to . Some other interesting BIPV system can you find in BIPV section. Some additional interesting information about cumulative power installed in IEA PVPS member countries can be found on IEA-PVPS web pages. Countries - click on the country name or flag to see detailed map (where available) - included in the list are:

               - Germany, USA, Italy, Japan, Spain, the Netherlands

               - France, Switzerland, the Philippines, Réunion Island, Australia, Thailand

               - China, Saudi Arabia, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium

                  - Luxembourg, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, India, Rwanda

         - Portugal, Greece, United Arab Emirates, Bulgaria

The main source of information included in the table below are various internet sources. The list should be as accurate as possible. Howewer the mistakes and missentries can not be excluded. Please inform me if there some plants are missing or the entries should be modified. For other especially interesting large systems please follow the links below:

Special thanks for contributions (permissions to use pictures, errata etc.) to Top 50/100, Top 25 BIPV and to Top 5 ranked by country lists - listed in alphabetic order:

Accener S.L., APS, www.bergfoto.ch, Beck Energy GmbH, BP Solar, Cagayan Electric Power & Light Co.,Inc., Chevron Energy Solutions, City Solar AG, Classic Bautreuhand GmbH & Co. KG, Conergy AG, Deutsche BP AG, Ecofys, Ecostream, EEPro, Elektro Kirchner GmbH, ENEL, Energetica Energietechnik, EPURON GmbH, esTCI S.L., First Solar GmbH, Gehrlicher Solar AG, Generaciones Fotovoltaicas de la Mancha, Geo-Images Project, Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley, GEOSOL Gesellschaft für Solarenergie mbH, Glaswerke Arnold GmbH&Co.KG, Globalsolar Inc., Goldbeck Solar GmbH, Gregory Kerwin, Grupo Enerpal, Tom Hansen (Tucson Electric Power), HiTechSolar s.r.o., IBC SOLAR AG, IM2 Energia Solar, Inversiones Solares Sunergy, SLL, Jayme da Costa, JSA Technology, juwi GmbH, K&S Consulting GmbH, Kahn Solar, Korowatt s.r.o., Martin Bucher Projektentwicklungen, Jiménez Belinchón, S.A., Joel Mendel, Meyer & Meyer Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Michelin Reifenwerke KGaA, Mitsubishi Electric, MySolar, New Energy Invest GmbH, Takashi Oozeki - AIST, Pfalzwerke AG, Phoenix Solar AG, Pohlen Solar GmbH, Polder PV - Peter Segaar, PowerLight Corporation, PV Labor der HTI Bern, Ra Solar, Ralos Vertriebs GmbH, Reginald Brown (BSRIA Ltd), S.E. Project™ S.r.l., Scheuten Solar Technology, Seoul Marine Co., Sharp Electronics Europe GmbH, Shell Solar, Siemens Nederland N.V., SMA Technologie AG, Solar Energiedach GmbH, Solar Engineering Decker & Mack GmbH, Solar World SolarCraft, Solarparc AG, Solarpark Rodenäs GmbH, Solarstrom Schwaben GmbH, SonnenEnergie GmbH, Stephan Schröder Management GmbH, StroomWerk, SunPower Corp., Sun Power & Geothermal Energy, SunEnergy GmbH, Suravia S.A. - fotografia aerea, SunStrom GmbH, Uni Solar Ovonic LLC, TAUBER-SOLAR Management GmbH, Bram Vorster, WIRSOL GmbH, WorldWater & Power Corp., Floris Wouterlood

Power	Location	Description	Constructed	MWh/GHG	Picture
630 kW	Australia, Sydney Picture source: BP Solar	Athletes Village, olympic games BIPV, DIST, RES, GC	2000
400 kW	Australia, Singleton	Singleton Power Plant GM, HY, SA 3312 a-Si and 3456 mc-Si panels on steel frames 5 x 50 kW and 36 x 4 kW inverters. More details...	1998	500 MWh 500 tons GHG emission reduction annualy
350 kW	Australia, Alice Springs	Crown Plaza Hotel, Alice Springs RM, GC	SunPower Corp. 2009
288 kW	Australia, Lajamanu	Solar Power Station Lajamanu GM, TRAC, CONC air cooled PV concentrator dishes	2005
240 kW	Australia, Yuendumu	Solar Power Station Yuendumu GM, TRAC, CONC air cooled PV concentrator dishes	2005
603 kW	Austria, Sattledt (Wels)	Fronius facility roof mounted PV system RM, GC	May 2007
420 kW	Austria, Blons Picture courtesy: Energetica Energietechnik	Biosphärenpark Blons, Vorarlberg GM, TRAC, GC	Energetica Energietechnik 2003	530 MWh
350 kW	Austria, Salzburg Picture courtesy: Sharp	Salzburg airport GM, GC Sharp modules.	NET
250 kW	Austria, Frantschach-St.Gertraud Carinthia	Private owned roof mounted system RM, GC		270 MWh
235 kW	Austria, Werfenweng Picture courtesy: Sharp	Standalone system in Werfenweng GM, GC Sharp modules	NET	294 MWh
2 MW	Belgium, Lommel	Roof mounted System RM, GC	Solarcompany 2008
1,909 MW	Belgium, Aanbouw	Roof mounted System RM, GC	SolarAccess 2008
1,347 MW	Belgium, Deurne	Roof mounted PV plant RM, GC	SolarAccess 2008
1,3 MW	Belgium, Middelkerke	The solar farm at Boterdijk, Middelkerke GM, GC	Electrawinds June 2007
1,2 MW	Belgium, Ypres	McBride facility RM, GC 7277 modules	Enfinity May 2008	1020 MWh
1,01 MW	China, Wuxi	Suntech Headquarters Wuxi BIPV, FI, GC	Suntech 2009
1 MW	China, Shenzhen Picture courtesy: BP Solar	Shenzhen International Floral Exhibition buildings BIPV, RM, DIST, GC BP modules (686 kW) and Kyocera modules used	BP Solar Beijing Corona corp. 2004	823 MWh GHG reduction 1144 tons annualy (BP Solar part), all together about 1000 MWh electricity production annualy.
800 kW	China, Wuxi	Wuxi Airport BIPV, GC	2008
390 kW	China, Beijing	Beijing South Railway Station	2008
350 kW	China, Hong Kong	EMSD Headquarters RM, GC Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, the Government of the Hong Kong PV Installation, Kowloon Bay 2300 mono-crystalline Si modules some glass laminates also used.
2,5 MW	Czech Republic, Divčice	Photovoltaic plant Divčice GM, GC, TF	Energy 21 2008
2,252 MW	Czech Republic, Ostrožská Lhota (Zlín region) Picture courtesy: HiTechSolar s.r.o.	Photovoltaic plant Ostrožská Lhota GM, GC SolarMax inverters part 1: 702 kWp part 2: 920 kWp	HiTechSolar, s.r.o. Part 1: September 2007 Part 2: 2008
2,2 MW	Czech Republic, Hodonice	Photovoltaic plant Hodonice GM, GC	June 2009
2,164 MW	Czech Republic, Dubňany	Photovoltaic plant FVE Sluneta II in Dubňany GM, GC	October 2008	2240 MWh
1,6 MW	Czech Republic, Lukavice (Ústí nad Orlicí)	Photovoltaic plant Lukavice GM, GC	juwi 2008
7 MW	France, La Narbonnaise	La Narbonaise PV plant GM, GC	EDF 2008
4,4 MW	France, Vignon Sur Verdon (Var)	Vignon Sur Verdon PV Plant GM, GC	2009
1,6 MW	France, Laudun (Gard)	Carrefour, FM Logistic PV plant RM, GC, TF	Urbasolar 2008
1,1 MW	France, Saint-Aunès (Languedoc- Roussillon) Picture courtesy: Conergy AG	Carrefour car port RM, GC	Conergy 2008
850 kW	France, Rivesaltes (Languedoc- Roussillon)	Roof mounted system in Rivesaltes RM, GC	2009
French overseas departments
2 MW	Réunion Island, Saint Pierre	CILAM and SODICO buildings roof mounted system RM, GC	Séchilienne- Sidec 2009
1,433 MW	Réunion Island, Picture source/ copyright: Sputnik Engineering, Photowatt	Roof mounted system on Réunion Island RM, GC Photowatt modules 3 x 300 kW Sputnik Inverters	Photowatt January 2007	1300 MWh
450 kW	French Guayana, Degrad des Cannes	PV power plant Degrad des Cannes GM, GC	Solar Electric Guyane 2009
100 kW	Guadeloupe, Le Moule Picture courtesy: JSA Technology	JTM Production PV Power Plant (Cocoyer) GM, GC 560 modules 14 inverters	JSA Technology 2009	136 MWh
40 MW	Germany, Brandis Picture courtesy: juwi Holding AG, Mainz	Solarpark "Waldpolenz" GM, GC	juwi GmbH 2007 2008
17,3 MW (52 MW planned)	Germany, Turnow-Preilack Picture courtesy: juwi Holding AG	Solarpark Lieberose GM, GC	juwi Holding 2009
14,75 MW	Germany, Köthen (Sachsen- Anhalt)	Solaranlage Flugplatz Köthen GM, GC SMA inverters 200.000 First Solar modules	juwi GmbH December 2008	13500 MWh
12 MW	Germany, Erlasee/Arnstein, Bavaria	Solarpark Gut Erlasee GM, TRAC, GC almost 1500 SOLON movers used 8 kWp per mover, double axis tracking. 28000 Solon modules.	Solon AG 2006
10 MW	Germany, Helmeringen	Solarpark Helmeringen GM, GC	Gehrlicher Solar AG 2008
2 MW	Greece, Thebes	Photovoltaic power plant Thebes GM, GC	2009
944 kW	Greece, Pontoiraklia	Photovoltaic power plant in Pontoiraklia GM, GC	Phoenix Solar AG SunErgy A.E. 2008
400 kW	Greece, Sidirokastron	Photovoltaic power plant in Sidirokastron GM, GC	2008
200 kW	Greece, Messinias (Peloponnes)	Photovoltaic power plant in Messinias region GM, GC	Hellenic Industrial Constructions 2008
171 kW	Greece, Xirolimi (Crete Island)	Xirolimi area stand alone PV plant, Crete GM, GC
239 kW	India, Dewas, Indore	Co.Steel Tubes of India, private owned standalone system	Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam
150 kW	India	Standalone plant ordered by Lakshadweep Administration	BHEL
110 kW	India, Rakalpur, Sagar Islands	Rural standalone PV system in Rakalpur, Sagar Islands	BHEL
105 kW	India, Mousuni Island	Rural standalone PV system at Mousuni Island	BHEL
100 kW	India, Jaitpur Kalan, Rajgarh district (Madhya Pradesh)	Rural standalone PV system in village Jaitpur Kalan of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh	Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam
4,7 MW	Italy, Serravale Scrivia (Piemont)	KME Group	ErgyCapital 2009
3,3 MW	Italy, Serre Picture courtesy: IEA PVPS Task 2	Centrale di Serre Persano GM, GC ENEL research centre 60000 modules, 90% poly- and 10% monocrystalline More details...	ENEL 1995
3,2 MW	Italy, Matino (Lecce) Picture courtesy: juwi Holding AG	PV plant Matino GM, GC	juwi 2008
2,2 MW	Italy, Sant Agostino (FE)	PV plant Sant Agostino GM, GC	Solon S.p.A. 2008
2 MW	Italy, San Marco in Lamis (Foggia)	Photovoltaic installation San Marco in Lamis	Ecostream 2008
5,21 MW	Japan, Kameyama	Sharp plant, Kameyama BIPV, DIST, TRANS	2006	3400 tons CO₂ emission reduction annualy
4 MW	Japan, Wakkanai city (Hokkaido)	Mega Solar Project - Wakkanai test facilit under construction. Final size 5 MW should be reached in 2010 GM, GC	2008
2,13 MW	Japan, Ota City Gunma Prefecture	Pal-Town Jyosai-no-mori RM, DIST, RES Roof mounted systems in Ota City (Tokyo) on 553 houses NEDO’s R&D project	2002 - 2007
1,5 MW	Japan, Kiyota/Sapporo City, Hokkaido	Hills Garden Kiyota BIPV, DIST, RES, RM, GC residental photovoltaic system, 503 houses.	2005
1,019 MW	Japan, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Picture courtesy: AIST Research Center for Photovoltaics National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan	AIST Megasolar Town BIPV, GM, FI, DIST, GC 5600 modules, Sharp, Kyocera, Mitsubishi, Shell Solar Japan, MHI, Sanyo, MSK, Matsushita 211 inverter 4 kW units, Sharp, Kyocera, Mitsubishi, OMRON, MHI, Sanyo, MSK, Matsushita	NTT facilities Part 1: 2001 Part 2: April 2004	1000 MWh 300 tons CO₂ emission reduction annually
24 MW	Korea, SinAn Picture courtesy: Conergy AG	SinAn power plant GM, GC, TRAC 130,000 modules Conergy tracking structures	Conergy Ltd. October 2008	33000 MWh 24000 tons CO₂ emission reduction annually
15 MW	Korea, Gochang (Jeollabukdo) Picture courtesy: Solar World AG	Gochang power plant GM, GC	Solarworld October 2008	23 MWh
14 MW	Taean (Chungcheongnam-do)	Taean PV plant GM, GC	LG Solar Energy 2008
3 MW	Yeounggwang (Jeollanam-do)	Yeounggwang solar power plant GM, GC	Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) 2008
3 MW	Youngam-gun (Jeollanam-do)	Youngam-gun solar power plant GM, GC	Renetec 2008
400 kW	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	European Court of Justice, Luxembourg RM, GC	2009
300 kW	Luxembourg, Grevenmacher	Shopping Center Copal in Grevenmacher BIPV, TF, GC Uni-Solar US-116-MC Modules, Fronius IG-30 inverters.	Solarpower S.A. 2003	270 MWh
47 kW	Luxembourg, Folkendange	Tracking system in Folkendange GM, TRAC, GC	2003	63,2 MWh 1330.68 kWh/kWp in 2005 50,6 tons CO₂ emission reduction annualy
2,3 MW	The Netherlands, Vijfhuizen Picture courtesy: Bram Vorster	Floriade exhibition hall RI, BIPV, TRAN, GC More details... about Floriade system courtesy Siemens Nederland N.V. 19380 modules - Siemens and Shell Solar.	Siemens Nederland N.V. April 2002	1400 MWh
1,25 MW	The Netherlands, Veenendaal Picture courtesy: Ecofys	40 apartment buildings in Veenendaal BIPV, RM, RES, DIST, GC roof mounted systems.	Ecostream January 2004	950 MWh 570 tons CO₂ emission reduction annualy
1 MW	The Netherlands, Amersfoort - Nieuwland Picture source: NREL Pix	Amersfoort BIPV system on 500 roofs BIPV, RM, DIST, RES, GC Consists of three stages: Nieuwland K1 389 kWp Megawattproject N2 261 kWp Megawattproject N4 244 kWp.	1998-1999
1 MW	The Netherlands, Apeldoorn Picture courtesy: Lafarge	Apeldoorn municipal housing, reconstruction BIPV, RI, DIST, RES, GC Braas Blue Sky PV 80 systems used.	Lafarge Roofing 2002 (250 kWp) 2003 (750 kWp)	750 MWh
674 kW	The Netherlands, Waalwijk	"Ecopark Waalwijk" GM, GC, HY, WI, BG Hybrid system: 674 kWp PV, 5 wind turbines 1,5 MW and a landfill gas recovery	October 2005
46 MW	Portugal, Moura (Alentejo)	Moura photovoltaic power plant GM, GC, TRAC	ACCIONA Energia December 2008
11 MW	Portugal, Serpa	Serpa PV power plant GM, GC, TRAC 52000 SunPower, Sanyo, Sharp, Suntech modules PowerLight PowerTracker®	PowerLight Corp. March 2007	30000 tons CO₂ emission reduction annually
7 MW	Portugal, Ferreira de Alentejo (Alentejo)	Ferreira de Alentejo power plant GM, GC	2009
2,38 MW	Portugal, Mértola (Alentejo) Picture courtesy: Jayme da Costa, Mecânica e Electricidade, S.A.	OLVA PV plant GM, GC, TRAC	Jayme da Costa, Mecânica e Electricidade, S.A. November 2008	3800 MWh 2700 tons CO₂ emission reduction annually
756 kW	Portugal, Mértola Picture courtesy: Jayme da Costa, Mecânica e Electricidade, S.A.	Pão e Água PV Plant GM, GC, TF 12600 thin film modules	Jayme da Costa, Mecânica e Electricidade, S.A. May 2007	1200 MWh 826 tons CO₂ emission reduction annually
60 MW	Spain, Olmedilla (Castila La Mancha) Picture courtesy: Suravia S.A.	Parque Fotovoltaico Olmedilla de Alarcon GM, GC	Nobesol September 2008	85 GWh
47 MW	Spain, Puertollano (Castila La Mancha) Picture courtesy: SkyFotoFactory fotografia aerea	Parque Fotovoltaico Puertollano GM, GC	Renovalia 2008
34 MW	Spain, Arnedo (La Rioja)	Planta Solar Arnedo GM, GC	T-Solar October 2008
30 MW	Spain, Trujillo (Cáceres) Picture courtesy: Suravia S.A.	Planta Solar La Magascona & La Magasquila GM, GC, TRAC SunPower trackers Atersa modules	Elecnor 2008
30 MW	Spain, Merida (Extremadura) Picture courtesy: Suravia S.A.	Parque Solar "SPEX" Merida/Don Alvaro GM, GC, TRAC	Solarparc AG Deutsche Bank AG September 2008
1,346 MW	Switzerland, Bern Picture courtesy: www.bergfoto.ch	Stadion Stade de Suisse Wankdorf, Bern RM, GC 5122 Kyocera KC167GH-2 modules, 7 SolarMax inverters part 2 added in august 2007 consists of additional 2808 Kyocera's modules Plant monitoring is performed by PV-Labor der HTI, Burgdorf, CH Production data (normalized monthly values) of the plant are available on their web pages.	Energie Büro AG, Tritec AG 2005 August 2007	1134 MWh 630 tons CO₂ emission reduction annually
1 MW	Switzerland, Geneve	Standalone power plant near Rhone riverbank GM, GC 6000 Isofoton modules 8 x SolarMax 125 inverters.	SIG 2005	1000 MWh
560 kW	Switzerland, Mont Soleil Picture courtesy: VSE	Mont-Soleil Power Plant GM, GC More details including links to production data (normalized monthly values) are available here	1992
290 kW	Switzerland, Zürich	Zürich airport photovoltaic system BIPV, RM, GC		264 MWh
280 kW	Switzerland, Geneve	Geneve airport photovoltaic system RM, GC	Edisun Power AG 2005
10 MW	United Arab Emirates, Masdar (Abu Dhabi)	PV power plant Masdar, Abu Dhabi GM, GC	2009
14,2 MW	USA, Nellis, NV Picture courtesy: SunPower Corporation	Nellis Air Force Base GM, GC, TRAC SunPower T20 tracker, SunPower® tracker 70000 modules GT250 Xantrex inverters	SunPower Corp. December 2007	30000 MWh 24000 tons CO₂ emission reduction annually
8,22 MW	USA, San Luis Valley Alamosa, CO	Alamosa Photovoltaic Solar Plant GM, GC, TRAC	Sun Edison LLC December 2007	17.000 MWh
4,59 MW	USA, Tucson, AZ Picture courtesy: Tucson Electric Power Tom Hansen	Springerville Generating Station GM, TRAC, TF, GC 34980 modules BP Solarex MST-43 ASE 300 DG/50 FIRST SOLAR FS-45 & FS-50	Global Solar Energy Inc. 2001-2004 additional arrays will be added	7732 MWh in 2005 minute peak performance 5113 kW AC.
3,9 MW	USA, Rancho Seco, CA Picture source: NREL Pix	Rancho Seco Power Plant GM, GC	Arco, Siemens Solar, UPG 1984-2000
3,5 MW	USA, Prescott, AZ Picture courtesy: APS	Prescott Airport Solar Power Plant GM, GC, CONC, TRAC BP Solar, Sharp, Amonix modules, single axis tracking Xantrex, AES inverters	APS 2001-2005	4900 MWh 3650 tons CO₂ emission reduction annually

Table Entries - Explanation

Power - DC peak power. If DC peak power not available then AC rated power
Location - city or municipality
Description - name and brief description of power plant
Constructed - companies involved into construction, planning or financing
MWh/GHG - electricity production and GHG emission reduction annually
Picture - photo of the power plant, if available

Abbreviations - Explanation

BG - Biogas as additional energy source in hybrid systems
BIPV - Building integrated photovoltaic system
BM - Biomass as additional energy source in hybrid systems
CONC - Concentrating photovoltaic system
CSC - Coloured solar cells
DI - Diesel fuel as additional source of energy in hybrid systems
DIST - Distributed photovoltaic system
GC - Grid-connected photovoltaic system
FC - Fuell cells as additional energy source in hybrid systems
FI - Facade-integrated system
FLEX - Flexible solar cells
FM - Facade-mounted system
HY - Hybrid photovoltaic system
NB - Noise barrier
PB - PV System part of a passive building
RES - Residental housing
RI - Roof-integrated photovoltaic system
RM - Roof-mounted photovoltaic system
SA - Standalone photovoltaic system
SV - "Shadow-Voltaic" system
TRAC - Tracking system
TRAN - Transparent modules
WI - Wind as additional source of energy in hybrid systems
WP - Water pumping

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