PV Projects Presented by, Sudarshan B S Assistant Professor Dept. of EEE RVCE, Bangalore

PV Projects in the U. S U.S. electric utilities have started programs to develop plants using newly developed power plants using low-cost PV modules. Idaho Power has a program to supply power to selected customers not yet connected to the grid. Other utilities such as Southern California Edison, the municipal utility of Austin, Delmarva Power and Light, and New York Power Authority are installing PV systems to meet peak demands. Pacific Gas and Electric’s utility-scale 500-kW plant at Kerman, California is designed to deliver power during local peak demand, generating 1.1 MWh of energy annually.

PV Projects in the U. S Tens of thousands of private, federal, state, and commercial PV systems have been installed over the last 25 yr. More than 65 cities in 25 states have installed such systems for a variety of necessary services.

PV Projects in the U. S A 5-MW PV plant in the Mojave Desert consists of 20 250-kW modules occupying a 40-acre site around Barstow. Southern California Edison has contracted to purchase the entire energy production of 11 million kWh annually. The plant capacity was the world’s largest in 2004. A 1.2-MW PV system was built on the roof of Santa Rita jail in Dublin, CA. The roof of the Aquatic Centre in Atlanta, venue of the 1996 Olympic swimming competition, was one of the largest grid-connected power plants when built. It generates 345 kW of electric power, and is tied into the Georgia Power grid lines. Its capacity is enough to power 70 homes connected to the network.

PV Projects in the U. S The Long Island Power Authority offers $4 per watt installed up to 10 kW to both commercial and residential customers under the Solar Pioneer Program started in early 2002. Under this program, 30 families were selected for free installation of 300-W systems.

PV Projects in the U. S The ten largest solar PV plants in the U.S. are: The 579-megawatt Solar Star project in California was the world's largest photovoltaic power station when completed in 2015. It was superseded later that year by the Longyangxia Dam Solar Park in China. The Topaz Solar Farm is a 550 MW photovoltaic power plant in San Luis Obispo County, California and fully operational since November 2014. The Desert Sunlight Solar Farm is a 550 MW solar power station located in the Sonoran Desert of California; completed in January 2015. The Copper Mountain Solar Facility is a 458MW solar power plant in Boulder City, Nevada. Sempra Generation constructed the plant in 2010. At its construction peak more than 350 workers were installing the 775,000 First Solar panels on the 380-acre (1.5 km2) site.

PV Projects in the U. S The Agua Caliente Solar Project is a 289 megawatt photovoltaic solar generating facility in Yuma County, Arizona. The 266 MW Antelope Valley Solar Ranch is a First Solar photovoltaic project in the Antelope Valley area of the Western Mojave Desert, completed in 2013. The 266 MW Mount Signal Solar was completed in May 2014. It was built in southern California near the Mexican border. The Springbok Solar Farm is a 255MW solar farm in 2016 in California. The California Valley Solar Ranch (CVSR) is a 250 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic power plant, which was built by SunPower in the Carrizo Plain, northeast of California Valley. The Silver State South Solar Project is a 250MW plant completed in 2016.

PV Projects in the U. S

PV Projects in Germany Germany’s 100,000-roof Solar Power Program offered a guaranteed 0.50 euros/kWh feed-in tariff and attractive financing to encourage 100-MW PV installation, beginning January 2000. It surpassed the goal by adding 325 MW of capacity by July 2003. Shell Solar GmbH and Gesellschaft announced in 2004 plans to build the largest 5-MW solar PV park, south of Leipzig in Germany. The power will be fed directly into the grid. It will consist of 33,500 modules made from the new Shell SQ series of PV cells with the inverters, transformer, and switchgear supplied by Siemens AG.

PV Projects in Germany PV Power station Capacity in MWp Notes Brandenburg-Briest Solarpark 91 Commissioned in December 2011 Eggebek Solar Park 83.6 Completed in 2011 Finsterwalde Solar Park 80.7 Phase I completed 2009, phase II and III 2010 [48][49] Fürstenwalde Solar Park 39.6 Commissioned in 2011 Jura Solar Park 43 Completed in 2014[54] Jännersdorf Solar Park 40.5 Commissioned in 2012 Kothen Solar Park 45 Operational since 2009 Krughütte Solar Park 29.1 Completed in 2012 Lauingen Energy Park 25.7 Completed in 2010

PV Projects in Germany Lieberose Photovoltaic Park 71.8 Completed in 2009[50][51] Mengkofen Solar Park 21.7 Commissioned in December 2009 Neuhardenberg Solar Park 145 Completed September 2012[44][45] Perleberg Solar Park 35 Completed in 2012 Pocking Solar Park 22 Completed in March 2006 Reckahn Solar Park 36 Completed in 2011 Rothenburg Solar Park 20 Commissioned in 2009 Senftenberg Solarpark 82 Phase II and III completed 2011, another 70 MW phase planned[47]

PV Projects in Germany Solarpark Alt Daber 67.8 Completed in 2011[44] Solarpark Eiche 26.5 Completed in 2011 Solarpark Finow Tower 84.7 Completed in 2010/2011 Solarpark Heideblick 27.5 Solarpark Meuro 166 70 MW completed 2011, 166 MW in 2012[44] Strasskirchen Solar Park 54 Commissioned in December 2009[44] Templin Solar Park 128.5 Completed September 2012[44][46] Tutow Solar Park 52 Tutow I completed in 2009, II in 2010, III in 2011 Walddrehna Solar Park 52.3 Completed June 2012 Waldpolenz Solar Park 550,000 CdTe modules. Completed December 2008[52][53]

PV Projects in Germany

PV Projects in Germany

PV Projects in India India is implementing perhaps the highest number of PV systems in the world for remote villages. The energy-deprived population lives mostly in rural India, where extending the national power grid is prohibitively expensive. Solar PV is becoming a powerful solution in such areas. Studies by the Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, indicate that significant solar energy reaches the earth’s surface in India. About 30% of the electric energy used in India is for agricultural needs. Because the availability of solar power for agricultural needs is not time critical (within a few days), India is expected to lead the world in PV installations in the near future.

PV Projects in India The state of Rajasthan has initiated a policy to purchase PV electricity at an attractive rate equivalent to U.S. $0.08 per kWh. In response, a consortium of U.S. companies proposed installing a 50-MW plant using thin-film cells. When completed, this will be the largest PV power plant in the world. In the remote mountain region of Ladakh on the Tibetan and Pakistani border in the north, India in 2003 launched a 5-yr plan for 2-MW PV plants. The altitude ranges from 2500 to 7000 m. The plan involves numerous solar home systems, each with a 40-W module, 75-Ah deep-cycle battery with an oversized electrolyte reservoir, an electronic charge controller, and two 11-W fluorescent lamps. This allows 3 h of light every night in winters even without the sun shining for 2 d. To avoid the battery freezing at –30C at night, the battery has thermal insulation and a high density electrolyte.

PV Projects in India In the state of Madhya Pradesh, 700-kW and 425-kW grid-connected PV plants were commissioned. The state of West Bengal converted Sagar Island into a PV island with 26-kW solar PV plants to meet the entire electricity need of the island. The island has about 200,000 inhabitants in 16 villages spread out over an area of about 300 km2. The island previously relied on diesel generation, which was expensive and was causing severe environmental problems. Similar initiatives have been pursued in villages in southern India.

Largest Solar PV Power Stations 1 to 5 Sl. No. Name Country Capacity (MWp) Generation (GWh per annum) Size Year Remarks 1 Tengger Desert Solar Park  China 1500   43 2016 1547MW solar power was installed in Zhongwei, Ningxia by 2015. 2 Datong Solar Power Top Runner Base 1000 1GW Phase I completed in June 2016. Total capacity is 3GW in 3 phases. 3 Kurnool Ultra Mega Solar Park  India 950 24 2017 Expected capacity 1000 MW 4 Longyangxia Dam Solar Park 850 824 23 2015 320 MW Phase I Completed in December 2013, 530 MW phase II in 2015 5 Kamuthi Solar Power Project 648 10.1 Completed on 21 September 2016

Largest Solar PV Power Stations 6 to 10 Sl. No. Name Country Capacity (MWp) Generation (GWh per annum) Size Year Remarks 6 Solar Star (I and II)  United States 579   13 2015 579 MWAC (747.3 MWp) connected to the grid on June 19, 2015. Consists of Solar Star I (318 MWAC or 397.8 MWDC) and Solar Star II: 279 MWAC or 349.5 MWDC 7 Topaz Solar Farm 550 1301 24.6 2014 Gradually commissioned since February 2013, reached final capacity 550 MW in November 2014 8 Copper Mountain Solar Facility 552 Phase 1 completed in December 2010. Phase 2 completed in January 2013. Phase 3 completed in early 2015. Construction of 94 MW phase 4 completed in 2016. 9 Desert Sunlight Solar Farm 1287 16 Phase I with 300 MW completed in 2013. Construction of phase II to final capacity of 550 MW completed in January 2015 10 Huanghe Hydropower Golmud Solar Park  China 500 23 Phase I completed in October 2011, followed by Phase II and III. 60 MW phase IV under construction. Within a group of 1,000 MW of co-located plants