List of Photovoltaic Power Plants in the World

Solar photovoltaic cells convert sunlight into electricity and manysolar photovoltaic power stations have been built, mainly in Europe. As of October 2009, the largest photovoltaic (PV) power plants in the world are the Olmedilla Photovoltaic Park (Spain, 60 MW), the Strasskirchen Solar Park (Germany, 54 MW), theLieberose Photovoltaic Park (Germany, 53 MW), the Puertollano Photovoltaic Park (Spain, 50 MW), the Moura Photovoltaic Power Station (Portugal, 46 MW), and the Waldpolenz Solar Park (Germany, 40 MW). Some photovoltaic power stations which are presently proposed will have a capacity of 150 MW or more.

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.

POWER STATION	COUNTRY	NOMINAL POWER (MW_P)	PRODUCTION (ANNUAL GW·H)	CAPACITY FACTOR	NOTES
Sarnia PV power plant	Canada	80			Completion 2010
OlmedillaPhotovoltaic Park	Spain	60	85	0.16	Completed September 2008
StrasskirchenSolar Park	Germany	54	57
LieberosePhotovoltaic Park	Germany	53	53	0.11	2009
Puertollano Photovoltaic Park	Spain	47.6			231'653 crystalline silicon modules,Suntechand Solaria, opened 2008
Moura photovoltaic power station	Portugal	46	93	0.23	Completed December 2008
Kothen Solar Park	Germany	45			2009
FinsterwaldeSolar Park	Germany	42			2009
Waldpolenz Solar Park	Germany	40	40	0.11	550,000 First Solar thin-filmCdTemodules. Completed December 2008
Planta Solar LaMagascona & LaMagasquila	Spain	34.5
Arnedo Solar Plant	Spain	34			Completed October 2008
Planta SolarDulcinea	Spain	31.8			Completed 2009
Merida/Don Alvaro Solar Park	Spain	30			Completed September 2008
Planta Solar Osede la Vega	Spain	30
PlantaFotovoltaicoCasas de LosPinos	Spain	28
Planta Solar Fuente Alamo	Spain	26	44
DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center	USA	25	42	0.19	Completed October 2009
SinAn power plant	Korea	24	33	0.16	Completed October 2008
Montalto di Castro PV power plant	Italy	24	40		Completed 2009
Arnprior Solar Generating Station	Canada	23.4
Plantafotovoltaica deLucainena de las Torres	Spain	23.2			Completed August 2008
AberturaPhotovoltaic Power Station	Spain	23.1	47	0.23
Hoya de LosVicentes Solar Plant	Spain	23	41	0.20
Pocking Solar Park	Germany	22
Mengkofen Solar Park	Germany	21.7
El Coronil Solar Power Plant	Spain	21.4
SolarparkCalveron	Spain	21.2	40	0.22
Rothenburgphotovoltaic solar park	Germany	20.5
Seoul Solar Power Plant	Korea	20
Huerta SolarAlmaraz	Spain	20			Completed September 2008
CalasparraPhotovoltaic Power Plant	Spain	20			Completed September 2008
Beneixamaphotovoltaic power plant	Spain	20	30	0.17	Tenesol,Aleo and Solon solar modules with Q-Cells cells
El Bonillo Solar Park	Spain	20			Completed October 2008
Kunming ShilinSolar Power Plant	China	20			Capacity 166 MW. Production started on May 2010 at 20 MW.

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.

NAME OF PV POWER PLANT	COUNTRY	DC PEAK POWER (MW)	GW·H /YEAR	CAPACITY FACTOR	NOTES
Koethen	Germany	14.75	13		200,000 First Solar thin-film CdTe modules. Completed December 2008
Nellis Solar Power Plant	USA	14.02	30	0.24	70,000 solar panels
Planta Solar de Salamanca	Spain	13.8			70,000 Kyocera panels
Lobosillo Solar Park	Spain	12.7			Chaori and YingLimodules
Erlasee Solar Park	Germany	12	14	0.13	1,408 Solon mover
Serpa solar power plant	Portugal	11	20	0.21	52,000 solar modules
Pocking Solar Park	Germany	10	11.5	0.13	57,912 solar modules
Kennedy Space Center, Florida	USA	10			constructed bySunPower for FPL Energy, completion date April 8, 2010.
Monte Alto photovoltaic power plant	Spain	9.5	14	0.17
Gottelborn Solar Park	Germany	8.4	8.4	0.11
Alamosa photovoltaic solar power plant	USA	8.2	17	0.24	Completed December 2007
Bavaria Solarpark	Germany	6.3	6.7	0.12	57,600 solar modules
Rote Jahne Solar Park	Germany	6	5.7	0.11	90,000 First Solar thin-film modules
Darro Solar Park	Spain	5.8	11.6	0.23	Conergy and SunPowermodules
Kameyama	Japan	5.2			47,000 square meters on Sharp LCD factory roof

NAME OF PLANT	COUNTRY	DC PEAK POWER (MW)	GW·H /YEAR	CAPACITY FACTOR	NOTES
Ordos Solar Project	China	2000	~3875	~.25	Thin film CdTe from First Solar, scheduled completion date 2019, to be completed in 4 stages **
Topaz PhotovoalticSolar Farm	USA	550	1,066	0.23	Thin film CdTe from First Solar **
Desert Stateline	USA	300	673	0.26	Scheduled to be completed in 2015 **
Desert Sunlight 1	USA	300	619	0.23	Scheduled to be completed in 2015 **
Aqua Caliente Solar Project	USA	290	688	0.27	Scheduled to be completed in 2014 **
AV Solar Ranch One	USA	230	600	0.30	**
California Valley Solar Ranch (CVSR)	USA	210	550	0.25	Scheduled to be completed in 2011 **
Mallee Solar Park	Australia	180			Thin film CdTe from First Solar**
Mildura Solar Concentrator Power Station	Australia	154	270	0.20	Heliostat concentrator using GaAs cells fromSpectrolab**
Mesquite Solar Energy 1	USA	150	350	0.27	Scheduled to be completed in 2013 **
KCRD Solar Farm	USA	80			Scheduled to be completed in 2012 **
Alpaugh Solar Plant	USA	50	80	0.18	Scheduled to be completed in 2013 **
Alpine Suntower	USA	66	145	0.25	Scheduled to be completed in 2012 **
Lopburi Solar Farm	Thailand	55			* Expected to be completed by 2012
Cimarron Solar Farm	USA	30	60	0.23	* Expected to be completed by December 2010
St. Isidore, Ontario*	Canada	24			153,000 panels, St. IsidoreA 12 MW completed Dec 2010, St. Isidore B to complete in 2011
Davidson County Photovoltaic Solar Plant	USA	21.5			36 individual structures**
Guadarranque or Cádiz solar power plant	Spain	20.1	36	0.20	*