Did you know? The world's largest solar parks

In 2005, the Bavaria solar park, with a capacity of 10 megawatts (MW), was the largest solar park in the world. In 2006, it was surpassed by the Erlasee solar field with 14 MW, which it held until 2008. By 2009, the Waldpolenz solar park, with 52 MW, was "only" the second largest plant worldwide.

The title of "world's largest solar park" is a rather short-lived accolade. For a period in 2014, the Topaz solar park in California, with its 550 MW capacity, topped the list. In 2015, another California operation, Solar Star, increased its capacity to 579 MW. In 2016, the Kamuthi solar power project in Tamil Nadu, India, led the pack with a capacity of 648 MW.

As of December 2015, the largest solar park in Europe was the Cestas solar park in France, with a capacity of 300 MW. It covers an area of ​​2.5 square kilometers. But even that has now been surpassed. The largest solar plant in Europe, with a capacity of 500 MW, is now located in the Núñez de Balboa solar park in Spain. It was built within a year. 1,430,000 PV modules, with a total of 115 inverters and 2 substations, were installed on an area of ​​1,000 hectares.

In Morocco, Germany is contributing €0.83 billion (38%) to the €2.7 billion Noor solar park (northeast of the city of Ouarzazate). While Noor I to III are equipped with parabolic troughs, Noor IV will consist of photovoltaic modules with a capacity of up to 70 MW.

In February 2017, the Longyangxia Dam solar park in China became the new leader with a capacity of 850 MW. By January 5, 2017, solar panels covered 27 square kilometers of Qinghai Province. Reports indicated that there were nearly 4 million solar panels at the site in 2017. The rapid expansion in Longyangxia coincides with China's fast-growing solar energy sector. In 2016, China's total installed capacity doubled to 77 gigawatts. A project planned for the Ningxia region in northwest China will have a capacity of 2,000 MW upon completion.

Near the Egyptian city of Aswan, the Benban Solar Park was built in 2018/2019. Even during construction, it was announced that with a capacity of 1650 MW, it would be the world's largest solar power plant. However, during its construction period, Benban was surpassed in capacity by the Bhadla Solar Park in the Indian state of Rajasthan, which reached a capacity of 1800 MW in 2019.

In 2019, the Pavagada solar park in the southern Indian state of Karnataka was among the most powerful: In April 2019, it had a capacity of 1400 MW. By December 2019, however, it had become the largest solar park in the world with 2050 MW.

In March 2020, its performance was surpassed again by the completed Bhadla Solar Park, which became the world's largest with 2245 MW.

Construction of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park has begun in Dubai (United Arab Emirates): the first phase, with a capacity of 13 MW, was completed in autumn 2013, followed by a second phase with 200 MW in spring 2015. The third phase, tendered in mid-2016, will increase the capacity to 800 MW. The solar park is ultimately planned to have a total capacity of 5000 MW.

In Ladakh (India), the “world’s largest” PV power plant with 5000 MW is also planned to be built and completed in 2023.

But it gets even more ambitious: In 2018, Saudi Arabia planned to build the world's largest solar park by 2030. It was intended to supply the entire country (population 34 million) with solar energy. €172 billion was earmarked for this project. However, it was shelved that same year. Currently, there is a letter of intent for the Al Faisaliah solar project with a total capacity of 2600 MW.

 

 

Overview of the largest solar parks and their development

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