World Biggest Solar Power Plant

Noor complex solar power plant morocco.

World biggest solar power plant.

These two plants were superseded by a new world s largest facility in june 2015 when the 579 mw ac solar star project went online in the antelope valley region of los angeles county california. Opened in september 2016 the plant is touted as the world s biggest continuous solar pv array. Maricopa solar usa peoria arizona 1 5 mw dish stirling ses tessera solar s first commercial scale dish stirling power plant. It is also possible that the subsequent world s largest solar plants may also be built not a million miles away from the current title holder.

Ouarzazate solar power station osps also called noor power station is a solar power complex located in the drâa tafilalet region in morocco 10 kilometres 6 2 mi from ouarzazate town in ghessat rural council area. Completed january 2010 128 decommissioned september 2011 and sold to condisys solar technology of china in april 2012. In 2016 the largest photovoltaic power station in the world was the 850 mw longyangxia dam solar park in gonghe county qinghai china. At 1117 mw it is the world s largest concentrated solar power plant.

World s largest solar power plant switched on. The solar plant capacity is of 580 megawatt and by 2020 it is expected to provide electricity for over 1 million people once completed.