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World's Largest Solar Park (166MW) Built on Former Mine

Posted September 29, 2011 10:36 AM

From TreeHugger:

There was a time when the title of the world's largest solar park was being measured in tens of MW. But that is rapidly changing. There are plans currently in the pipeline for plants as big as 400MW, and officials in Germany have just connected a new 78-megawatt portion of an existing plant that make it, they say, the current world leader in capacity.

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Re: World's Largest Solar Park (166MW) Built on Former Mine

09/30/2011 11:30 AM

From the sound of the link below it may not hold the title for too long.

http://www.good.is/post/sahara-solar-breeder-project-aims-to-power-half-the-world-by-2050/

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09/30/2011 11:43 AM

There is bigger and better on the way, watch out!
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10/05/2011 6:21 AM

<...the current world leader in capacity...>

Very funny.

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