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Large-scale photovoltaic power plants
ranking 251 - 300

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courtesy Colexon

Some large-scale roof mounted PV power plants constructed by Colexon
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World's largest photovoltaic power plants are presented in the table below. The list is divided into tables - each table includes 50 power plants. For each listed plant basic data is available (power, country, location, basic description etc.). Currently list with 1000 large photovoltaic plants is available (peak power > 1.2 MWp). In the table you may find different systems: standalone, hybrid, distributed, building integrated etc. But only systems (or system) which forms a unique photovoltaic power plant as a whole, are considered. If some power plants are missing and should be included in this table, or if some entries in the table should be modified, please send information to . Countries where large-scale (>1 MWp) power plants were put into service are (ranked by cumulative power capacity installed as at December 2009):

               - Spain, Germany, USA, Italy, South Korea, Czech Republic

               - China, Portugal, Canada, France, Franch overseas departments/Reunion, Belgium

            - Japan, Greece, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, Switzerland

            - 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 some plants are not included or if the entries should be modified.

Power	Location	Description	Constructed	MWh/GHG	Picture
4.48 MW	Spain, Fuentes de Valdepero (Castilla y Léon) Picture courtesy: Suravia S.A.	Parque Solar Fuentes de Valdepero, Palencia GM	Grupo T-Solar 2008
4.48 MW	Spain, Pozal de Gallinas (Castilla y Léon) Picture copyright: Grupo T-Solar	Parque Solar Pozal de Gallinas, Valladolid GM	Grupo T-Solar 2008
4.439 MW	Germany, Königsbrück	Solarpark Königsbrück GM, TF	Phoenix Solar AG 2007
4.417 MW	Germany, Höttingen	Solarpark Höttingen GM	2009
4.4 MW	Spain, Valtierra	Planta solar Valtierra I+II GM	2008
4.4 MW	France, Vignon Sur Verdon (Var)	Vignon Sur Verdon PV Plant GM	2009
4.4 MW	Spain, Herencia (Castilla La Mancha) Picture courtesy: Suravia S.A.	Parque fotovoltaico Herencia GM	Montebalito Energías Renovables Invercartera Energía December 2007	5,000 t CO₂
4.358 MW	Germany, Vilgertshofen	Solarpark Vilgertshofen GM	Draka Services 2009
4.3 MW	Spain, Montilla (Andalucia)	Parque fotovoltaico La Canaleja GM, TRAC	2008
4.3 MW	Germany, Hurlach (Bayern)	Solarpark Hurlach GM	Solarparc AG 2008
4.266 MW	Czech Republic, Chabarovice- Vyklice Picture courtesy: RAY-ON a.s.	Photovoltaic plant Vyklice II GM	RAY-ON a.s. 2009
4.262 MW	Spain, Benassal (Valencia)	Parque fotovoltaico Benassal GM	Valfortec 2008
4.2 MW	Belgium, Sint-Baafs- Vijve	Balta facility GM	2010
4 MW	Germany, Hörup (Schleswig- Holstein) Picture courtesy: Conergy	Solarpark Hörup GM	Conergy AG 2009
4.2 MW	Germany, Froschham (Bayern)	Solarpark Froschham GM	2008
4.1 MW	France, Manoseque	Manoseque PV power plant GM	2009
4.1 MW	Germany, Miesberg	Solarpark Miesberg GM	2009
4.1 MW	Spain, Calanas (Huelva)	Planta fotovoltaica Puerto Pelao GM	2009
4.08 MW	Spain, Baena (Cordoba) Picture courtesy: Suravia S.A.	Planta fotovoltaica Manosalva I+II GM	Grupo AMS 2008
4.01 MW	Spain, Aznalcóllar (Sevilla) Picture courtesy: Suravia S.A.	Aznalcóllar solar energy farm solar plant on former pyrite mine settling basins GM 5, 12, 45, 85, 100 kW units more than 28000 modules	Gamesa Idesa 2007	5.4 GWh 5,132 t CO₂ 113 t SO₂ 17 t NO₂
4 MW	Spain, Turra (Salamanca)	Photovoltaic plant Turra GM	2009
4 MW	Italy, Soleto (Lecce)	Photovoltaic plant Soleto GM	Uni Land 2009
4 MW	Italy, Squinzano (Lecce)	Photovoltaic plant Squinzano GM	Uni Land 2009
4 MW	Germany, Hettenkofen Picture courtesy: Ideematec® Deutschland GmbH	Solarpark Hettenkofen I+II GM, TRAC	Ideematec® Deutschland GmbH Krinner GmbH 2007
4 MW	Spain, Huelva (Andalucia) Picture courtesy: Poulek Solar	Planta fotovoltaica Huelva GM, TRAC	2009
4 MW	Spain, La Carolina (Andalucia)	Planta fotovoltaica La Carolina GM	2008
4 MW	Spain, Fuente de Cantos (Extremadura)	Planta fotovoltaica Fuente de Cantos GM, TRAC	Valsolar 2008
4 MW	Germany, Jessen (Sachsen-Anhalt) Picture courtesy: Beck Energy GmbH	Solarpark Jessen GM	Beck Energy 2009
4 MW	Spain, Granadilla de Abona (Canary Islands)	Parque Fotovoltaico part of SOLTEN II, Granadillas Industrial Estate GM	ITER 2008
4 MW	Spain, Pozoblanco (Andalucia) Picture courtesy: Suravia S.A.	Parque Solar Cruz del Doctor GM	Solar del Valle S.L. 2008
4 MW	Spain, Bargota (Navarra)	Helioparque Bargota GM, TRAC	Heliosolar 2008
4 MW	Spain, Riaza (Segovia)	Helioparque Riaza GM, TRAC	Heliosolar 2008
4 MW	Spain, Castelnou (Teruel)	Huerta Solar Castelnou GM, TRAC	Gestamp Asetym Solar 2008
4 MW	Spain, Pozohondo (Castilla La Mancha) Picture copyright: Grupo T-Solar	Parque Solar Pozohondo, Albacete GM	Grupo T-Solar 2008
4 MW	Spain, San Clemente (Albacete) Picture courtesy: Suravia S.A.	Huerta Solar San Clemente 1 + 2 GM, TRAC	Solaer Energias Renovables 2008
4 MW	Spain, Ojo de Valdelafuente, Tudela (Navarra) Picture courtesy: Suravia S.A.	Parque Solar Ojo de Valdelafuente GM, TRAC	Canaliza Energia 2008	7.2 GWh
4 MW	Spain, Llerena (Badajoz) Picture courtesy: Suravia S.A.	Planta Solar Fotovoltaica "Llerena 2" GM, TRAC	SolarPack Solon AG 2008	8.7 GWh
4 MW	Germany, Sembach	Gewerbepark Sembach GM	City Solar 2005- 2006	3.95 GWh 3,100 t CO₂
4 MW	Germany, Saarbrücken Picture courtesy: City Solar	Solarpark Saarbrücken GM	City Solar EPURON SunTechnics 2004-2005	part 1, 1,400 MWh part 2, 1,751 MWh part 3, 782 MWh part 1, 1,100 t CO₂ part 2, 1,500 t CO₂ part 3, 600 t CO₂
4 MW	Germany, Geiseltalsee, Merseburg Picture courtesy: Deutsche BP AG	Solarpark Geiseltalsee/ Merseburg GM	BP Solar September 2004	3,400 MWh 2,300 t CO₂
3.97 MW	Germany, Teisendorf	Solarpark Teisendorf 1,07 MW Tracking arrays GM, TRAC	Solea AG 2008
3.97 MW	Germany, Hemau Picture source: Scatec Solar	Solarpark Hemau GM	EPURON Scatec Solar 2003	3,900 MWh 3,600 t CO₂
3.9 MW	USA, Rancho Seco, CA Picture source: NREL Pix	Rancho Seco Power Plant GM	Arco, Siemens Solar, UPG 1984-2000
3.88 MW	Spain, Torremontalbo (La Rioja)	Huerta Solar Torremontalbo GM	2008
3.88 MW	Germany, Buchheim Picture courtesy: Phoenix Solar	PV-Freilandanlage Buchheim GM	Phoenix Solar December 2006
3.872 MW	Spain, Huescar (Andalucia) Picture courtesy: Classic Bautreuhand GmbH & Co. KG	Huerta Solar Huescar GM	Solar Andaluz 2006 S.L. 2008
3.864 MW	Spain, La Pedrera (Navarre)	Parque solar La Pedrera II GM, TRAC	Energías Fotovoltaicas de Navarra, S.L. 2008
3.84 MW	Spain, Lebrija (Sevilla) Picture courtesy: SunPower Corporation	Planta Solar Fotovoltaica "Lebrija" GM, TRAC	SolarPack SunPower Corp. 2008	6,500 MWh
3.839 MW	Germany, Muggensturm, Rastatt Picture courtesy: TAUBER-SOLAR, Tauberbischofsheim	Co. Hartmann Logistik in Muggensturm along A5 motorway Exit "Rastatt" RM	TAUBER-SOLAR December 2006	3,700 MWh 2,600 t CO₂
3.8 MW	Spain, La Gineta (Albacete) Picture courtesy: Suravia S.A.	Huerta Solar La Gineta I GM	Gamesa Solar 2008

* 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.

Additional information
	Conergy AG - Conergy AG is the European solar enterprise with the highest sales and is also a leading international supplier in the field of solar system integration. The group pursues a global growth strategy: it produces, installs and plans solar systems and wind power stations for its customers in more than 20 countries. The Conergy Group is now represented by branch offices on five continents. Languages:
	juwi group - juwi is one of the leading companies in the renewable energy sector. Since 1996 we have planned, developed, financed and operated renewable energy installations using wind, solar and bio energy. Languages:
	T-Solar - T-Solar is a well defined technological and industrial group, whose main business purpose is to use the sun as a clean energy source. Languages:
	MEP Group - Through targeted participating interests, the MEP Group has the bundled competency to make a qualified contribution to meeting global energy requirements with the planning, realization, and financing of international solar projects. Languages:
	Ranking Solar - Ranking Solar es un medio especializado en comunicación de las Energías Renovables visitado tanto por profesionales y empresas del sector Fotovoltaico como por personas interesadas en la información ambiental y el desarrollo sostenible. Languages:
	Sun Fields Europe - Sun Fields Europe, is a PV consulting company of with highly qualified personnel and with expanded experience in the sector, related to different environmental issues. Sun Fields Europe in addition to environmental consultancy offers also "key in total hand" in projects of photovoltaic facilities. Languages:
	Telconord - Agencia de Energías Renovables. La misión de TELCONORD SPAIN S.L. es prestar servicios de business brokerage al mundo de las sociedades y empresas propietarias de instalaciones Fotovoltaicas, Eólicas u otras fuentes de producción de energías limpias; de Pequeña, Mediana o Grandes dimensiones o potencias en todo el territorio nacional, así como a inversores que buscan óptimas oportunidades de negocio con alto rendimiento y calidad. Languages: