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Largest photovoltaic systems in some countries

"Plan and plant for a better tomorrow."
(J.C. Raulston)

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.)

Read more in "pvresources.com Annual Review Free Edition"...

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 email. 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:

es   de   us   it   kor   cz - Spain, Germany, USA, Italy, South Korea, Czech Republic

cn   pt   ca   fr   re   be - China, Portugal, Canada, France, Franch overseas departments/Reunion, Belgium

jp   gr   ae   nl   ch - Japan, Greece, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, Switzerland

th   bg   in   au   ph - Thailand, Bulgaria, India, Australia, the Philippines

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, Bangkok Solar, www.bergfoto.ch, Beck Energy, BP Solar, Cagayan Electric Power & Light Co.,Inc., Chevron Energy Solutions, City Solar AG, Classic Bautreuhand GmbH & Co. KG, Colexon, Conergy, Deutsche BP, Ecofys, Ecostream, EEPro, Elektro Kirchner, ENEL, Energetica Energietechnik, EPURON, esTCI S.L., First Solar, Gehrlicher Solar, 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, 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, K&S Consulting, Kahn Solar, Korowatt s.r.o., Martin Bucher Projektentwicklungen, Jiménez Belinchón, S.A., Joel Mendel, MEPGroup, Meyer & Meyer Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Michelin Reifenwerke KGaA, Mitsubishi Electric, MySolar, New Energy Invest GmbH, Takashi Oozeki - AIST, Pfalzwerke, Phoenix Solar, Pohlen Solar, Polder PV - Peter Segaar, Poulek Solar, PowerLight Corp., PV Labor der HTI Bern, Q-Cells International, Ra Solar, Ralos Vertriebs GmbH, Reginald Brown (BSRIA Ltd), S.A.G. Solarstrom, S.E. Project™ S.r.l., Scatec Solar, Scheuten Solar Technology, Seoul Marine Co., Sharp Electronics Europe GmbH, Shell Solar, SIEL/SIAC, 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, flag icons provided by icondrawer.
 

 

Power

Location

Description

Constructed

MWh/GHG

Picture

630 kW

aus Australia,
Sydney


Picture source:
BP Solar

Athletes Village, olympic games

BIPV, DIST, RES, GC

2000

 

Olympic Village, Sydney

400 kW

aus 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

aus Australia,
Alice Springs

Crown Plaza Hotel, Alice Springs

RM, GC

SunPower Corp.
2009

   

288 kW

aus Australia,
Lajamanu

Solar Power Station Lajamanu

GM, TRAC, CONC

air cooled PV concentrator dishes

2005

   

240 kW

aus Australia,
Yuendumu

Solar Power Station Yuendumu

GM, TRAC, CONC

air cooled PV concentrator dishes

2005

   

603 kW

at Austria,
Sattledt
(Wels)


Fronius facility roof mounted PV system

RM, GC

May 2007

   

420 kW

at Austria,
Blons


Picture courtesy:
Energetica Energietechnik

Biosphärenpark Blons, Vorarlberg

GM, TRAC, GC

Energetica Energietechnik
2003

530 MWh

Biosphärenpark Blons, 420 kWp, courtesy Energetica Energietechnik

350 kW

at Austria,
Salzburg


Picture courtesy:
Sharp

Salzburg airport

GM, GC

Sharp modules.

NET

 

Airport Salzburg - 350 kWp, courtesy Sharp

250 kW

at Austria,
Frantschach-St.Gertraud
Carinthia

Private owned roof mounted system

RM, GC

 

270 MWh

 

235 kW

at Austria,
Werfenweng


Picture courtesy:
Sharp

Standalone system in Werfenweng

GM, GC

Sharp modules

NET

294 MWh

Solarpark Werfenweng - 235 kWp, courtesy Sharp

2 MW

be Belgium,
Lommel

Roof mounted System

RM, GC

Solarcompany
2008

   

1,909 MW

be Belgium,
Aanbouw

Roof mounted System

RM, GC

SolarAccess
2008

   

1,347 MW

be Belgium,
Deurne

Roof mounted PV plant

RM, GC

SolarAccess
2008

   

1,3 MW

be Belgium,
Middelkerke

The solar farm at Boterdijk, Middelkerke

GM, GC

Electrawinds
June 2007

   

1,2 MW

be Belgium,
Ypres

McBride facility

RM, GC

7277 modules

Enfinity
May 2008

1020 MWh

 

40 MW

de Germany,
Brandis


Picture courtesy:
juwi Holding AG, Mainz

Solarpark "Waldpolenz"

GM, GC

juwi GmbH
2007
2008

 

Solarpark "Waldpolenz", Germany - courtesy juwi GmbH

17,3 MW
(52 MW planned)

de Germany,
Turnow-Preilack


Picture courtesy:
juwi Holding AG

Solarpark Lieberose

GM, GC

juwi Holding
2009

 

Solarpark Lieberose, Germany - courtesy juwi Holding

14,75 MW

de Germany,
Köthen
(Sachsen- Anhalt)

Solaranlage Flugplatz Köthen

GM, GC

SMA inverters
200.000 First Solar modules

juwi GmbH
December 2008

13500 MWh

 

12 MW

de 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

de Germany,
Helmeringen

Solarpark Helmeringen

GM, GC

Gehrlicher Solar AG
2008

   

239 kW

in India,
Dewas, Indore

Co.Steel Tubes of India, private owned standalone system

Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam

   

150 kW

in India

Standalone plant ordered by Lakshadweep Administration

BHEL

   

110 kW

in India,
Rakalpur, Sagar Islands

Rural standalone PV system in Rakalpur, Sagar Islands

BHEL

   

105 kW

in India,
Mousuni Island

Rural standalone PV system at Mousuni Island

BHEL

   

100 kW

in 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

it Italy,
Serravale Scrivia
(Piemont)

KME Group

ErgyCapital
2009

   

3,3 MW

it 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

 

Photovoltaic plant Serre - 3,3 MWp

3,2 MW

it Italy,
Matino
(Lecce)


Picture courtesy:
juwi Holding AG

PV plant Matino

GM, GC

juwi
2008

 

PV plant Matino, Italy - 3,2 MWp, courtesy juwi Holding AG

2,2 MW

it Italy,
Sant Agostino (FE)

PV plant Sant Agostino

GM, GC

Solon S.p.A.
2008

   

2 MW

it Italy,
San Marco in Lamis
(Foggia)

Photovoltaic installation San Marco in Lamis

Ecostream
2008

   

5,21 MW

jp Japan,
Kameyama

Sharp plant, Kameyama

BIPV, DIST, TRANS

2006

3400 tons CO2 emission reduction annualy

 

4 MW

jp 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

jp 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

jp Japan,
Kiyota/Sapporo City, Hokkaido

Hills Garden Kiyota

BIPV, DIST, RES, RM, GC

residental photovoltaic system, 503 houses.

2005

   

1,019 MW

jp 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

www

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

AIST Megasolar Town, 1,019 MWp, courtesy AIST

400 kW

lux Luxembourg,
Luxembourg

European Court of Justice, Luxembourg

RM, GC

2009

   

300 kW

lux Luxembourg,
Grevenmacher

Shopping Center Copal in Grevenmacher

BIPV, TF, GC

www

Uni-Solar US-116-MC Modules, Fronius IG-30 inverters.

Solarpower S.A.
2003

270 MWh

 

47 kW

lux Luxembourg,
Folkendange

Tracking system in Folkendange

GM, TRAC, GC

www

2003

63,2 MWh
1330.68 kWh/kWp in 2005
50,6 tons CO2 emission reduction annualy

 

2,3 MW

nl The Netherlands,
Vijfhuizen


Picture courtesy:
Bram Vorster

Floriade exhibition hall

RI, BIPV, TRAN, GC

pdf

More details... about Floriade system

courtesy
Siemens Nederland N.V.
 

19380 modules - Siemens and Shell Solar.

Siemens Nederland N.V.
April 2002

1400 MWh

Floriade

1,25 MW

nl 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

Veenendaal Apartment Buildings, courtesy Ecofys

1 MW

nl 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

 

Amersfoort photovoltaic project

1 MW

nl The Netherlands,
Apeldoorn


Picture courtesy:
Lafarge

Apeldoorn municipal housing, reconstruction

BIPV, RI, DIST, RES, GC

www

Braas Blue Sky PV 80 systems used.

Lafarge Roofing
2002 (250 kWp)
2003 (750 kWp)

750 MWh

Apeldoorn, courtesy Lafarge

674 kW

nl 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

www

October 2005

   

60 MW

es Spain,
Olmedilla
(Castila La Mancha)


Picture courtesy:
Suravia S.A.

Parque Fotovoltaico Olmedilla de Alarcon

GM, GC

Nobesol
September 2008

85 GWh

Huerta Solar Olmedilla de Alarcon, Spain - courtesy Suravia S.A.

47 MW

es Spain,
Puertollano
(Castila La Mancha)


Picture courtesy:
SkyFotoFactory
fotografia aerea

Parque Fotovoltaico Puertollano

GM, GC

Renovalia
2008

 

Parque Solar Puertollano, Spain - courtesy Suravia S.A.

34 MW

es Spain,
Arnedo
(La Rioja)

Planta Solar Arnedo

GM, GC

T-Solar
October 2008

   

30 MW

es Spain,
Trujillo
(Cáceres)


Picture courtesy:
Suravia S.A.

Planta Solar La Magascona & La Magasquila

GM, GC, TRAC

SunPower trackers
Atersa modules

Elecnor
2008

 

Huerta Solar Trujillo, Spain - courtesy Suravia S.A.

30 MW

es Spain,
Merida
(Extremadura)


Picture courtesy:
Suravia S.A.

Parque Solar "SPEX" Merida/Don Alvaro

GM, GC, TRAC

Solarparc AG
Deutsche Bank AG
September 2008

 

Huerta Solar Merida, Spain - courtesy Suravia S.A.

1,346 MW

ch Switzerland,
Bern


Picture courtesy:
www.bergfoto.ch

Stadion Stade de Suisse Wankdorf, Bern

RM, GC

www

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

Stadion Wankdorf, Bern, courtesy www.bergfoto.ch

1 MW

ch Switzerland,
Geneve

Standalone power plant near Rhone riverbank

GM, GC

6000 Isofoton modules

8 x SolarMax 125 inverters.

SIG
2005

1000 MWh

 

560 kW

ch 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

 

Mont Soleil Power Plant

290 kW

ch Switzerland,
Zürich

Zürich airport photovoltaic system

BIPV, RM, GC

 

264 MWh

 

280 kW

ch Switzerland,
Geneve

Geneve airport photovoltaic system

RM, GC

Edisun Power AG
2005

   

10 MW

uae United Arab Emirates,
Masdar
(Abu Dhabi)

PV power plant Masdar, Abu Dhabi

GM, GC

2009

   

14,2 MW

usa 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

Nellis AFB PV plant, 14 MWp - courtesy SunPower Corp.

8,22 MW

usa 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 USA,
Tucson, AZ


Picture courtesy: Tucson Electric Power
Tom Hansen

Springerville Generating
Station


GM, TRAC, TF, GC

www

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.

Springerville Generating Station Solar System, picture courtesy Tucson Electric Power

3,9 MW

usa USA,
Rancho Seco, CA


Picture source:
NREL Pix

Rancho Seco Power Plant

GM, GC

Arco, Siemens Solar, UPG
1984-2000

 

Rancho Seco, CA

3,5 MW

usa USA,
Prescott, AZ


Picture courtesy:
APS

Prescott Airport Solar Power Plant

GM, GC, CONC, TRAC

pdf

BP Solar, Sharp, Amonix modules, single axis tracking
Xantrex, AES inverters

APS
2001-2005

4900 MWh
3650 tons CO2 emission reduction annually

Prescott Power Plant



* 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
GM - Ground-mounted 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
TF - Thin-Film (aSi, CdTe, CIS etc.)
TRAC - Tracking system
TRAN - Transparent modules
WI - Wind as additional source of energy in hybrid systems
WP - Water pumping
 

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, Bangkok Solar, www.bergfoto.ch, Beck Energy, BP Solar, Cagayan Electric Power & Light Co.,Inc., Chevron Energy Solutions, City Solar AG, Classic Bautreuhand GmbH & Co. KG, Colexon, Conergy, Deutsche BP, Ecofys, Ecostream, EEPro, Elektro Kirchner, ENEL, Energetica Energietechnik, EPURON, esTCI S.L., First Solar, Gehrlicher Solar, 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, 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, K&S Consulting, Kahn Solar, Korowatt s.r.o., Martin Bucher Projektentwicklungen, Jiménez Belinchón, S.A., Joel Mendel, MEPGroup, Meyer & Meyer Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Michelin Reifenwerke KGaA, Mitsubishi Electric, MySolar, New Energy Invest GmbH, Takashi Oozeki - AIST, Pfalzwerke, Phoenix Solar, Pohlen Solar, Polder PV - Peter Segaar, Poulek Solar, PowerLight Corp., PV Labor der HTI Bern, Q-Cells International, Ra Solar, Ralos Vertriebs GmbH, Reginald Brown (BSRIA Ltd), S.A.G. Solarstrom, S.E. Project™ S.r.l., Scatec Solar, Scheuten Solar Technology, Seoul Marine Co., Sharp Electronics Europe GmbH, Shell Solar, SIEL/SIAC, 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, flag icons provided by icondrawer.
 

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