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Multi-MW solars past, present and future

Multi-megawatt solar: Paula Mints, founder and chief analyst of SPV Market Research, examines the development of large-scale solar PV.

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pv magazine

11 Feb 2015

The term ‘utility-scale’ and the multi-megawatt installations that this term refers to are fairly recent phenomena. Prior to the advent of the European feed-in-tariff (FIT), multi-megawatt installations were rare. Installations close to or over 1 MWp were celebrated. The potential of installations of 20 MWp were considered unsustainable because of the upfront cost of installing them. As …

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