Spain overtakes US with world's biggest solar power station; aims to reach 2,500 MW by 2013
14. July 2010 | Applications & Installations, Industry & Suppliers, Top News | By: Becky StuartSpain has opened the world's largest solar power station, meaning that it overtakes the U.S. as the biggest solar generator in the world. The nation's total solar power production is now equivalent to the output of a nuclear power station, reports the Guardian.
The new La Florida solar plant takes Spain's solar output to 432 megawatts (MW), which compares with the US output of 422 MW. The plant is located at Alvarado, Badajoz, in the west of the country. The solar farm covers 550,000 square meters and produces 50 MW of power.
Protermosolar, the association that represents the Spanish solar energy sector, says that within a year another 600 MW will have come on-stream. It projects that by 2013 solar capacity will have reached 2,500 MW.
pv magazine has contacted Protermosolar for more details.
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