The World’s Largest Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant: 10 Megawatts
                   
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treehugger.com     25-Jul-2008            

by Matthew McDermott, Brooklyn, NY on 07.25.08 The world’s previous thin-film solar record holder was this plant in Germany, with 6 megawatts of capacity. In what has got to be one of the most ludicrous bits of public-relations-speak I’ve heard in a while, First Solar and Sempra have announced that they will be jointly constructing the world’s largest thin-film solar photovoltaic power plant. The capacity of this monster: 10 megawatts. The details from CNET: Located next to Sempra’s El Dorado gas power plant, about 40 miles from Las Vegas, the new solar PV plant will begin construction this month and is expected to finish later in the year. Sempra will own and operate the plant, with First Solar monitoring and maintaining the facility. Can we hold off on the “world’s largest” claims in renewable energy for a while? I don’t... [read full story]                    


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