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The following is a list of photovoltaic power stations that are larger than 500 megawatts (MW) in current net capacity.[1] Most are individual photovoltaic power stations, but some are groups of co-located plants owned by different independent power producers and with separate transformer connections to the grid. Wiki-Solar reports total global capacity of utility-scale photovoltaic plants to be some 96 GWAC which generated 1.3% of global power by the end of 2016.[2][3][4][5][6]
The size of photovoltaic power stations has increased progressively over the last decade with frequent new capacity records. The 97 MW Sarnia Photovoltaic Power Plant went online in 2010. Huanghe Hydropower Golmud Solar Park reached 200 MW in 2012. In August 2012, Agua Caliente Solar Project in Arizona reached 247 MW only to be passed by three larger plants in 2013. In 2014, two plants were tied as largest: Topaz Solar Farm, a PV solar plant at 550 MWAC in central coast area and a second 550-MW plant, the Desert Sunlight Solar Farm located in the far eastern desert region of California.[7][8] These two plants were superseded by a new world's largest facility in June 2015 when the 579 MWAC Solar Star project went online in the Antelope Valley region of Los Angeles County, California.[9]
Gonghe Talatan Solar Park (in Gonghe County, Qinghai, China) as the largest solar park in the world with a capacity of 15,600MW as of 2023 and a planning area of 609 km2, which is close to the land area of Singapore.[10]
As with other forms of power generation, there are important regional habitat modification problems, such as the heat island effect, and the resulting stress to local threatened species.[11] Several planned large facilities in the U.S. state of California have been downsized due in part to such concerns.[12][13]
The following is a list of operating solar farms that are 500 MW or larger.
These lists include a mixture of individual solar power plants and of groups of co-located projects, usually called solar parks.[14]
Name | Country | Location | Capacity MWDC or MWAC (*) |
Annual output (GWh) |
Land size (km2) |
Year | Remarks | Ref |
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Talatan Solar Park | China | 36°10′54″N 100°34′41″E | 15,600 | 1,000,000[15] | 420[16] | ongoing since
2011 |
Multiple phases built over time since 2011, rather than a single project.[17] Which includes a site testing 100MW of various solar panel designs.[16] | [15][18] |
Hobq Solar Park | China | 40.3967°N 108.88052°E 40.30244°N 109.72149°E | 4,000 | 133 | 2024 | In Hanggin Banner and Dalad Banner. 2GW in each site. 13.5GW in Dalad Banner's plan | [19][20][21] | |
Midong Solar Park | China | 44.725°N 87.679°E | 3,500 | 6,090 | 133 | 2024 | Largest single PV station | [22][23] |
Bhadla Solar Park | India | 27°32′22.81″N 71°54′54.91″E | 2,245 | 56 | 2018 | First farms commissioned in 2018, more farms are gradually added, expected to be expanded to 3.5 GW | [24][25][26][27] | |
Pavagada Solar Park | India | 14°16′9″N 77°24′50″E | 2,050 | 53 | 2019 | In Karnataka state | [28][29] | |
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park | United Arab Emirates | 24°45′N 55°23′E | 2,027 | 2022 | Phase I completed in 2013, followed by Phase II and III. Phase IV (including 250 MW PV) is under construction, as well as Phase V (first stage is completed). | [30][31][32][33] | ||
Al Dhafra Solar project | United Arab Emirates | 24°7′58.61″N 54°33′6.99″E | 2,000 | 21 | 2023 | Largest single-site project | [34][35] | |
Nilka County PV Park | China | 43.91704°N 82.37686°E | 2,000 | 31 | 2024 | [36] | ||
Benban Solar Park | Egypt | 24°27′21.6″N 32°44′20.4″E | 1,650 | 3,800 | 37 | 2019 | In Aswan | [37] |
Tengger Desert Solar Park | China | 37°33′00″N 105°03′14″E | 1,547 | 43 | 2016 | In Zhongwei, Ningxia | [38][39] | |
Sudair Solar PV Project | Saudi Arabia | 25°47.212′N 45°33.8522′E | 1,500 | 2023 | [40] | |||
Kalyon Karapınar Solar Power Plant | Turkey | 37°47′26″N 33°35′4.92″E | 1,350 | 20 | 2021 | 1350 MW fully operational | [41][42] | |
NP Kunta | India | 14°01′N 78°26′E | 1,500 | 2021 | Also called Ananthapuram - I Ultra Mega Solar Park. In Nambulapulakunta Mandal of Andhra Pradesh state. Total planned capacity 1500 MW | [43][44][45][46][27][47] | ||
Noor Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 24°24′11″N 55°16′07″E | 1,177 | 8 | 2019 | At Sweihan | [48][49] | |
Jinchuan Solar Park | China | 38°36′35″N 102°08′22″E | 1,030 | 90 | 2019 | In Jinchuan, Gansu | [27] | |
Danangouxiang Solar Park | China | 44°01′57″N 90°20′41″E | 1,020 | 92 | 2021 | In Mori Kazakh, Xinjiang | [27] | |
Fatehgarh Solar Park | India | 1,000 | 2023 | In Rajasthan | [47] | |||
Kurnool Ultra Mega Solar Park | India | 15.681522°N 78.283749°E | 1,000 | 24 | 2017 | [50] | ||
Datong Solar Power Top Runner Base | China | 40°04′25″N 113°08′12″E, 40°00′19″N 112°57′20″E | 1,000 | 2016 | Total capacity will be 3 GW in 3 phases. | [51][52][53] | ||
Yanchi Solar Park | China | 38.1633714°N 106.7611986°E | 1,000 | 2016 | Last extension in 2019, up to 2,000 MW when complete. | [54][55][56][57] | ||
Delingha Solar Park | China | 33°22′21″N 97°12′39″E | 970 | 2018 | First farms commissioned in 2018, expected to be expanded to 2 GW | [58][59] | ||
Gemini Solar Project | United States | 966 | 2024 | 690 MWAC, with 380 MW of batteries, in Nevada | [60][61][62] | |||
Edwards Sanborn Solar and Energy Storage Project | United States | 864 | 2023 | Includes 3,320 MWh battery storage | [63][64] | |||
São Gonçalo Solar Farm | Brazil | 10.1102°S 45.2794°W | 864 | 2020 | Phase II completed in February 2021, Phase III completed in January 2023 | [65][66][67] | ||
Escatrón-Chiprana-Samper Solar Farm | Spain | 41°13′50″N 0°15′38″W | 850 | 31.7 | 2020 | Complex of 17 projects | [68][69] | |
Xuan Thien - Ea Sup 1 | Vietnam | 831 | 2020 | 600MWac, four more units in planning | [70] | |||
Villanueva Solar Park | Mexico | 25°35′5″N 103°2′42″W | 828 | 1,700[71] | 27.5 | 2018 | [72][73][74] | |
Lumina I and II Solar Project | United States | 828 | 2024 | 640 MWac | [75] | |||
Copper Mountain Solar Facility | United States | 35°47′N 114°59′W | 802* | 16.2 | 2016 | In Nevada. Fifth unit of 250MW added March 2021. | [61] | |
Al Kharsaah solar power plant | Qatar | 25.2389°N 51.0148°E | 800 | 2022 | [76] | |||
Mount Signal Solar | United States | 32°40′24″N 115°38′23″W | 794 | 1,197 | 15.9 | 2020 | Phase 1 of 206 MWAC in May 2014. Phase 3 of 254 MWAC in July 2018. Phase 2 of 154 MWAC completed in January 2020. Total 614 MWAC | [77][78][79][80] |
Rewa Ultra Mega Solar | India | 24°28′49″N 81°34′28″E | 750 | 6.4 | 2018 | [81][82] | ||
Solar Star (I and II) | United States | 34°49′50″N 118°23′53″W | 747 | 1,664 | 13 | 2015 | 579 MWAC, 747.3 MWDC.[83] | [84][85] |
Charanka Solar Park | India | 23°54′N 71°12′E | 790 | 20 | 2012 | At Charanka village in Patan district of Gujarat. Capacity expected to go up to 790 MW in 2019. | [86][87][88] | |
Prospero Solar I and II | United States | 710 | 2021 | 550 MWAC | [89] | |||
Westlands Solar Park | United States | 672* | 2023 | Solar park, up to 2000 MWAC when completed | [90] | |||
Anhui Fuyang Southern Wind-solar-storage | China | 650 | 2023 | Floating solar, co-located with 550 MW wind, 300 MW storage | [citation needed] | |||
Kamuthi Solar Power Project | India | 9°21′16″N 78°23′4″E | 648 | 10.1 | 2017 | [91][92] | ||
Roseland Solar | United States | 640 | 2023 | 500 MWac | [93] | |||
Frye Solar Power Plant | United States | 637 | 2024 | 500 MWac | [94] | |||
Atkina Solar Power Plant | United States | 631 | 2024 | 500 MWac | [95] | |||
Trung Nam Thuan Nam | Vietnam | 630 | 2020 | 450 MWac | [96] | |||
Spotsylvania Solar | United States | 38.2471°N 77.7862°W | 618 | 14 | 2021 | 4 phases completed in 2020 and 2021 | [97] | |
Solarpark Witznitz | Germany | 51°9′53.6″N 12°25′8.4″E | 605 | 2024 | Largest single plant in Europe | [98] | ||
Taygete Solar | United States | 602 | 2023 | 459 MWac, built in two phases - Taygete I of 255 MWac and Taygete II of 204 MWac | ||||
Bikaner Solar Farm | India | 600 | 2022 | [99][100] | ||||
Dau Tieng Solar Power Project | Vietnam | 11.463827°N 106.216709°E | 600 | 2019 | Phases 1 and 2 June 2019; phase 3 completed September 2019 | [101] | ||
Lawan-Purohitsar Solar Farm | India | 26°53′40″N 72°03′31″E | 600 | 2021 | [65] | |||
Radhnesada Solar Park | India | 600 | 2023 | In Gujarat | [47] | |||
Francisco Pizarro Solar Farm | Spain | 39.5678°N 5.6859°W | 590 | 2022 | [102][103] | |||
Hongshagang Solar Park | China | 574 | ? | Multi-phase project, expected to be expanded to 920 MW | [65] | |||
Desert Sunlight Solar Farm | United States | 33°49′33″N 115°24′08″W | 550* | 1,287 | 16 | 2015 | Phase I of 300 MWAC completed 2013. Phase II to final capacity completed January 2015. | [104][105][106][107] |
Topaz Solar Farm | United States | 35°23′N 120°4′W | 550* | 1,268 | 19[108] | 2014 | Gradually commissioned since February 2013. Reached final capacity November 2014. | [109][110][111] |
Wenzhou Taihan Solar Farm | China | 550 | 650 | 5 | 2021 | Floating solar farm over fish farm | [112][113] | |
Kenhardt Solar Power Complex Station | South Africa | 29°19′09″S 21°09′33″E | 540 | 2023 | [114][115] | |||
Mesquite Solar project | United States | 33°20′N 112°55′W | 513* | 2016 | In Arizona. Up to 700 MWAC when complete. Fifth phase completed in January 2024 | [61] | ||
Núñez de Balboa photovoltaic plant | Spain | 38°26′45″N 6°13′16″W | 500 | 10 | 2020 | [116] | ||
Yinchuan Xingqing Solar Farm | China | 500 | 2018 | [65] | ||||
Ibri II Solar Park | Oman | 500* | 2022 | [117][118] | ||||
Wulanmulun Solar Park | China | 500 | 900 | 28 | 2021 | [119][120] | ||
Oberon Solar Project | United States | 500 | 2023 | California, with 250 MW battery storage | [121] | |||
Note: Power capacity in this table is given as the peak DC nameplate capacity of the panels. When this information is not available, the AC capacity after the inverter is given (identified with "*" next to the number). The AC capacity is usually significantly smaller than DC capacity, so the ranking may not be accurate for these plants. See Nominal power (photovoltaic)#Conversion from DC to AC for more information. |
Year(a) | Name of PV power station | Country | Capacity MW |
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1982 | Lugo | United States | 1 |
1985 | Carrisa Plain | United States | 5.6 |
2005 | Bavaria Solarpark (Mühlhausen) | Germany | 6.3 |
2006 | Erlasee Solar Park | Germany | 11.4 |
2008 | Olmedilla Photovoltaic Park | Spain | 60 |
2010 | Sarnia Photovoltaic Power Plant | Canada | 97 |
2011 | Huanghe Hydropower Golmud Solar Park | China | 200 |
2012 | Agua Caliente Solar Project | United States | 290 |
2014 | Topaz Solar Farm(b) | United States | 550 |
2015 | Longyangxia Dam Solar Park | China | 850 |
2016 | Tengger Desert Solar Park | China | 1547 |
2019 | Pavagada Solar Park | India | 2050 |
2020 | Bhadla Solar Park | India | 2245 |
2024 | Midong Solar Park | China | 3500 |
Also see list of photovoltaic power stations and list of notable solar parks (a) year of final commissioning (b) capacity given in MWAC otherwise in MWDC |
This section needs additional citations for verification. (June 2021) |
Country | Capacity MW | Name of PV power station | As of |
---|---|---|---|
Algeria | 90 | High Plateaus East, Adrar[122] | |
Argentina | 312 | Cauchari[123] | 2019 |
Australia | 400 | New England Solar and Western Downs Green Power Hub | 2023 |
Austria | 24.5 | ECOwind Grafenworth Solar[124] | 2023 |
Azerbaijan | 230 | Garadagh Solar Power Plant[125] | 2023 |
Bangladesh | 130 | Bagerhat solar power plant[126] | 2021 |
Belarus | 109 | Cherikov Solar Power Plant | |
Belgium | 99.5 | Kristal Solar Park[127] | 2019 |
Brazil | 864 | São Gonçalo Solar Farm | |
Bolivia | 60 | Uyuni Photovoltaic Plant[128] | 2018 |
Bulgaria | 124 | Verila[129] | 2023 |
Burkina Faso | 33 | Zagtouli Solar Power Station[130] | 2017 |
Burundi | 7.5 | Gigawatt Global Plant[131] | 2021 |
Canada | 465 | Travers Solar Project | 2022 |
Czech Republic | 38 | Ralsko Solar Park | 2010 |
Chile | 398 | Guanchoi | 2023 |
China | 8,430 | Gonghe Talatan Solar Park | 2022 |
Colombia | 86.2 | El Paso Solar[132] | 2020 |
Cyprus | 8 | Vassiliko Cement Works Photovoltaic Park | |
Denmark | 300 | Kassø-Hjolderup | 2022 |
Dominican Republic | 58 | Montecristi Solar Park | 2018 |
Egypt | 1,500 | Benban Solar Park | 2019 |
France | 300 | Cestas Solar Park | 2015 |
Germany | 605 | Solarpark Witznitz[98] | 2020 |
Ghana | 22.25 | Bui Solar Park[133] | 2021 |
Greece | 200 | Kozani solar project[134] | 2022 |
Guatemala | 93 | Horus I and II [135] | 2016 |
Honduras | 146 | Nacaome and Valle Solar Power Plant | |
Hungary | 233 | Mezőcsát[136] | 2023 |
India | 2,245 | Bhadla Solar Park[137] | 2020 |
Indonesia | 145 | Cirata Floating Solar Power Plant | 2023 |
Iran | 20 | Makran | |
Ireland | 199 | Ballymacarney Solar Park[138] | 2024 |
Israel | 120 | Ze'elim solar park[139] | 2021 |
Italy | 103 | Troia solar farm[140] | |
Jamaica | 28 | Clarendon solar farm | |
Japan | 235 | Setouchi Kirei Solar Power Plant | |
Jordan | 200 | Baynouna Solar Power Plant[141] | 2020 |
Kazakhstan | 100 | SES Saran[142] | 2019 |
Kenya | 55 | Garissa Solar Power Plant | |
Madagascar | 40 | Ambatolampy Solar Power Station | 2021 |
Malaysia | 50 | TNB Sepang Solar[143] | 2018 |
Mexico | 828 | Villanueva Solar Park[144][145] | 2018 |
Moldova | 1 | Fly Ren | |
Mongolia | 15 | Zamyn-Üüd solar plant | |
Namibia | 7 | Otjikoto solar farm[146] | 2018 |
Nepal | 25 | Nuwakot Solar Power Station[147] | 2020 |
Netherlands | 148.9 | Solar Park Dorhout Mees[148] | 2022 |
New Zealand | 32 | Kohirā and Rangitaiki Solar Power Plants[149][150] | 2024 |
Norway | 7 | Furuseth solar | 2024 |
Pakistan | 100 | Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park | 2015 |
Peru | 180 | Rubi Solar Power Plant | |
Philippines | 150 | Concepcion Solar Farm[151] | 2019 |
Portugal | 219 | Alcoutim plant[152] | 2021 |
Qatar | 800 | Al Kharsaah solar power plant[76] | 2022 |
Romania | 155 | Rătești Solar Park | 2023 |
Russia | 100 | Staromayevskaya Solar Power Station | |
Saudi Arabia | 1,500 | Sudair Solar PV Project[40] | 2023 |
Serbia | 11 | DeLasol[153] | 2023 |
Spain | 590 | Francisco Pizarro Photovolatic Plant[103] | 2022 |
Senegal | 30 | Santhiou-Mekhe | |
South Africa | 175 | Solar Capital De Aar | |
Sweden | 21.2 | King's Roar[154] | 2023 |
Switzerland | 22 | Wittenbach Solar PV Park-1 | 2012 |
Thailand | 126 | Tambol Huawai | |
Togo | 70 | Blitta Solar Power Station | 2023 |
Tunisia | 10 | Tozeur plant | |
Turkey | 1,350 | Kalyon Karapınar Solar Power Plant[155] | 2023 |
United Arab Emirates | 1,177 | Noor Abu Dhabi | |
UK | 72 | Shotwick Solar Farm[156] | 2017 |
United States | 802 | Copper Mountain Solar Facility(b) | 2021 |
Uganda | 24 | Kabulasoke Solar Power Station(b)[157] | 2018 |
Ukraine | 246 | Nikopol Solar Park | |
Vietnam | 831 | Xuan Thien - Ea Sup 1 | 2020 |
(b) capacity given in MWAC otherwise in MWDC |
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