Solar power plant
A solar power plant is based on the conversion of sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV), or indirectly using concentrated solar power (CSP). Concentrated solar power systems use lenses, mirrors, and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam. Photovoltaics converts light into electric current using the photoelectric effect.[1] The largest photovoltaic power plant in the world was the 354 MW Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) CSP installation located in the Mojave Desert, California. Other large CSP plants include the 250 MW Agua Caliente Solar Project in Arizona.[2], the Solnova Solar Power Station (150 MW, 250 MW when finished),[3] and the Andasol solar power station (150 MW), both in Spain.[4]
Concentrated solar power plants first appeared in the 1980s. Solar power is increasingly used.[5][6]
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- ↑ "Technologies: From silicon to the solar cell". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
- ↑ "Large-Scale Photovoltaic Power Plants Ranking 1-50". Archived from the original on 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
- ↑ Solnova Solar Power Station
- ↑ Andasol Solar Power Station
- ↑ Solar power is the future of energy
- ↑ How cheap does solar power need to get before it takes over the world? Vox.com April 18, 2016
