Solar power plant Agua Caliente

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Solar power plant Agua Caliente
location
Solar power plant Agua Caliente (USA)
Solar power plant Agua Caliente
Coordinates 32 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  N , 113 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 32 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  N , 113 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  W.
country United StatesUnited States United States
Data
Type Photovoltaic system
Primary energy solar power
power 290  megawatts
operator First solar
Start of operations 2011
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The Agua Caliente solar power plant is a ground-mounted photovoltaic system with a peak output of 290  MW , which was completed in May 2014 in Yuma County (Arizona) . At this point in time it is the largest solar park in the world. Be used CdTe modules of the company First Solar .

Individual evidence

  1. USA: The world's largest solar park is ready , IWR, May 13, 2014 (accessed May 14, 2014)
  2. Roni Jacobson: World's Largest Solar Array Set to Crank Out 290 Megawatts of Sunshine Power , Scientific American, May 9, 2014 (accessed May 14, 2014)