China Solar Plant

Solar projects are growing larger and China announced plans Tuesday to build the world’s largest solar power plant in Dunhuang, a city in the northwestern Gansu province.

The plant will take five years to build, will cost an estimated 6.03 billion yuan (about $766 million), according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.

Last year Portugal planned and started to build the world's biggest solar power station, made by BP Solar, with 62 megawatts capacity, being complete in 2009, now being topped by china's 100megawatt central project, predicted to be complete in 2008.

The current biggest solar power central is in Germany with only 12 megawatts.

There are current projects that predict even bigger stations, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric are also working with startup Stirling Energy Systems to build two even larger solar farms—a 300-megawatt farm near Calexico, California, and a 500-megawatt farm near Victorville, California—using solar dishes and stirling engines.

Australia announced in October its bid to build the world’s largest plant, a 154-megawatt plant in the state of Victoria, expected to begin operations in 2008 and reach full capacity by 2013.

The race for the 'World Largest Solar Plant' has only began.

posted by IntoBlogs at 11:15 AM