Wednesday, November 28, 2012

World's Largest Solar Power Plant to be Completed by Year End

The largest concentrated solar power project in the world is set to be completed by the end of the year, and begin operation at the start of 2013.
Construction began on the 100MW Shams 1 project back in 2010, and upon completion it will provide electricity to 20,000 local homes. Shams 2 & 3 will follow shortly after.
Technically there are larger solar power projects around the world, however they are made up of several solar power plants of less than 100MW. Eg. The Solnova Solar Power Station in Spain consists of five, 50MW plants, to give an overall project size of 250MW.

Read more: http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Worlds-Largest-Solar-Power-Plant-to-be-Completed-by-Year-End.html

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