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Sverige
- In Skåramåla (Småland) eight wind turbines combined with 65k PV panels make up the largest "hybrid" renewable power plant in Sweden. In operation since 2024. Expected annual production from wind is 125 GWh, and from solar PV 2 GWh. 1, 2, 3
- In Tomteboda, Stockholm's largest PV roof-mounted plant, produces 400 MWh per year (1465 PV panels covering an area of 4000 m²). Co-owned by Areim and Blackstone and operated by Obligo Real Estate. (2021)
- The largest solar power plant in Sweden is built by a home-owner's co-op (HSB Södermanland) in cooperation with the energy company Energiengagemang. 41600 PV panels with a total power of 14 MW.
- In Morgongåva (40 km west of Uppsala) the logistics center of online pharmacy Apotea features Sweden's largest roof-mounted PV array with a capacity of 2.3 MW, enough to supply the building's entire annual electricity demand. Built by Solkompaniet. SVT.
- The ports of Stockholm and the port of Södertälje together have almost 4 GW of solar PV panels, and have plans for more.
Misr
- Benban solar park in southern Egypt is one of the world's largest PV plants, covers an area of 37 km² and has a power generation capacity of 1.65 GW (given the site's insolation expected to yield 3.8 TWh per year).
- In Kom Ombo, Egypt's largest privately-owned solar PV plant is expected to start commercial operation in January 2024. ACWA Power (Saudi Arabia) owns and operates the 200 MW utility-scale plant.
Europe
- Uniper (the recently nationalised German energy company) plans two PV plants near existing industrial sites in Wilhelmshaven (300 MW + 17 MW).
- Belgium's first floating PV plant. On a man-made lake on a site owned by Sibelco, a raw material producer.
- Spanish energy company Iberdrola commissioned a 500 MW solar PV park at Núñez de Balboa in the western Spanish region of Extremadura. At the time Europe's largest PV plant, as seen by NASA's Earth Observatory. The project cost €300 million and is made of 1.43 million PV panels. Via @S_Johan_Lindahl.
Asia
- I cannot find any updates on the status of the 1.1 GW Al-Henakiyah PV power plant that is supposed to go online in 2025 (or 2026 according to Masdar, which has a nice PDF summary of the project). NS Energy, Masdar
- Announcement of a large planned solar PV plant in Garadagh, Azerbaijan expected to produce 500 GWh annually. To be built by Masdar and it is co-funded by Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and Japan International Cooperation Agency. NS Energy
- Oman seems to be on a roll. Their governmental energy company Hydrom (recently created to spearhead their green energy transition) is planning a massive green hydrogen project with a capacity to produce 750 kiloton/year (if I understand correctly). 1, 2.
- In Qinghai province, China, a 2.2 GW solar PV plant was connected to the grid in 2020 (at the time the world's largest solar plant).
Africa
- A large hybrid PV and battery plant has commenced operation in South Africa. The billion-dollar facility is owned by Norwegian Scatec ASA and South African investment company H1 Holdings (51% and 49%, respectively). The plant will supply the state-owned utility Eskom 150 MW of dispatchable power for 16.5 hours per day year-round. The facility comprises 540 MW PV and 1140 MWh battery storage. PV Magazine
Americas
- In the five first months of 2023 the United States power sector saw more electricity generation from wind and solar (combined) than from coal for the first time ever. Many other countries have already passed this particular milestone (or phased out coal entirely), so welcome to the club, yankees, and keep it up.
Oceania
- In southern Australia, a 4 MW concentrating PV plant combined with 50 MWh thermal storage for almost round-the-clock power generation is now in operation. The Carwarp power plant is run by RayGen. The site uses triple-junction GaAs solar modules with almost 38% efficiency paired with water-based thermal energy storage. Each tower (there is four of them) has just over 4 m² of photoactive area producing 1 MW of electricity and 2 MW of heat (ΔT=90℃).
- 10 GW of solar power in Australia for Singapore.
- The largest PV plant in New Zealand sits atop a wastewater pond.
- The Nauru Solar Power Development Project - Battery Energy Storage System is a 6 MW solar plant and a 2.5 MWh battery storage system that will increase the share of renewable electricity in Nauru from 3% to 47% (like many other Pacific islands, Nauru relies almost entirely on diesel generators for power), which is expected to fully cover the island nation's current daytime electricity needs.
In related news
- A look at the major floating solar energy farms across the world, NS Energy Business magazine (2019).
- https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150232/solar-takes-a-swim
This is an academic seminar, so not much razzle-dazzle, but the subject matter is certainly cool!
Space-based solar power is the idea to put PV panels on satellites in orbit and beam the power down to the surface.
Do you think that sounds outlandish? Well, there is nothing technical stopping us - just a matter of financing and politics. Not like fusion which is still an unsolved problem. In my book space-based solar would be smarter, cheaper, and more sustainable than even nuclear power.
I have archived a copy of the seminar recording on my Nextcloud (in case you have any problems using the Zoom-provided recording).
Solen är en i det närmaste outtömlig källa av energi och kommer så fortsätta vara under mer än överskådlig framtid. På vilka sätt kan vi utnyttja detta för att lösa energifrågan på jorden? I denna veckas UppTalk Weekly möter vi Tomas Edvinsson som kommer ge oss några av svaren.
UppTalk Weekly den 28 oktober 2022, 31 min 28 s.
Gäst: Tomas Edvinsson, professor vid institutionen för materialvetenskap, Uppsala universitet.
Moderator: Fredrik Engelmark, samverksansledare UU samverkan.
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The Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park project is intended to be expanded to a 5 GW capacity
using proton exchange membrane electrolysis
The company did not reveal further technical and financial details on the project.
Mälardalens högskola är projektledare, med Kärrbo prästgård, Solkompaniet och SLU som partners i projektet, som har finansiering från Energimyndigheten.
Egypt's largest private solar power plant.
The new Kom Ombo plant will be located less than 20 km from Africa’s biggest solar park, the 1.8 GW Benban complex.
- https://projectsportal.afdb.org/dataportal/VProject/show/P-EG-FF0-013
- https://www.ebrd.com/news/2021/egypts-largest-solar-plant-kom-ombo-receives-us-114-million-financing-package-.html
- https://egyptianstreets.com/2021/04/23/egypts-largest-solar-power-plant-receives-114-million-maximizing-clean-energy-potential/
- https://www.utilities-me.com/news/17081-construction-of-egypts-200mw-kom-ombo-pv-solar-project-to-commence-in-q3-2021
- https://energyindustryreview.com/renewables/acwa-power-to-develop-200mw-kom-ombo-pv-project-in-egypt/
Sveriges äldsta nätanslutna solcellsanläggning fyllde 36 år i oktober 2020
The Australia-Asia PowerLink project (Sun Cable's AAPowerLink)
How interconnections between national grids facilitate more renewable energy generation capacity.
Benban Solar park, at 1.65 GW capacity (approximately 3.8 TWh per year) is one of the world's largest PV parks.
Benban solar park covers an area of 37 km² to the west of the Nile river. My highlight shows the districts of Dakka and Koshtamna.