Talk:List of photovoltaic power stations

Crimea is not a country

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Should be incorporated under Russian Federation, not as an independent.

Power generation in the table is misleading
Power generation sounds like an empirical value, which it is for the US sites, however, for the French site (Cestas) for example it is design output not real world data.

Not sure that best solution is, perhaps make two columns. 1. Design output 2. Power generation

Benban Solar Park
3800GWh like a number in theory. Dust, Temperature will limit PV output. It's not a fact number. 3800Gwh is an estimate number.

936Gwh is more reliable number. Driftboating (talk) 19:42, 4 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Okay, let's not have a number at all then. 936 GWh from a 1,650 MW capacity is just a 6% capacity factor which is ridiculous and non-factual, whereas 3800 GWh is a perfectly reasonable 26% capacity factor, even if an estimate and even including dust and temperature. I'm guessing that source is only using data from the first phase before it was all completed. All of these numbers for annual output (which there aren't that many of to begin with) are either estimates based on average conditions at the site or from a single year and otherwise variable anyway, so we might as well remove the column altogether. Reywas92Talk 20:27, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

I don't know 6% comes from. With my calculation. 3800GWh/(1650MW*3865hour) = 59.58% 936GWh／（1650MW*3865hour) = 14.68%.  Whichi one is reasonable? In 2018, the average CF value of PV is around 18%.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Driftboating (talk • contribs) 15:26, 7 August 2023 (UTC)


 * There are 8760 hours in a year, I don't know where 3865 comes from. 936GWh/(1650MW*8760h)=6.47%; 2600GWh/(1650MW*8760h)=26.2%. 26% is reasonable for sunny Egypt, the 18% includes less sunny places. Reywas92Talk 15:43, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
 * No sunlight at night. 3865hrs is the average daylight time of Aswan. Driftboating (talk) 19:25, 7 August 2023 (UTC)


 * That's not how you calculate capacity factors --Ita140188 (talk) 19:55, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, you're right. I have mistake on CF calculation
 * I compared CF value in different areas.
 * Chile Atacama PV ia around 31%,
 * California is 28%
 * Somehow, China PV's CF value is a bit too low. 50.173.136.170 (talk) 14:33, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Time to trim list again?
It may be time to change this list to over 500MW instead of 300MW. That would still leave over 40 entries. And I believe we are missing some plants around 500-800MW so likely longer. Rmhermen (talk) 03:37, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I did it. Some close to the cutoff might be restore if their MW (DC) are above 500 MW. Need to check:

Rmhermen (talk) 04:07, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Roadrunner Solar Project 	us
 * Mula Photovoltaic Power Plant 	 spain
 * Daggett Solar 	 United States
 * CEME1 	Chile
 * Travers Solar Project 	 Canada
 * Permian Energy Center 	 United States
 * Texas Solar Nova 	 United States


 * I think the list should be able to hold about 100 entries. This trimmed too many projects and 400 would be a better cutoff for now, which allows for inclusion of diverse locations. The 65 entries isn't unmanageable. Reywas92Talk 13:50, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I managed to find 5 missed plants over 500MW in a single day. The list isn't being maintained well enough. Rmhermen (talk) 16:58, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I still don't think there's a need to then delete information yet. As more are added we can trim more at the bottom. Reywas92Talk 19:35, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park - new numbers and update
The installed capacity has been increased to 2.427MW, source: https://gulfbusiness.com/masdar-to-build-phase-6-of-dewas-solar-park/

work on 1800MW Phase VI has started already according to latest satellite imagery (EOS, SentinelHub, ...) 2A02:810D:2BBF:E720:9CB0:5161:CF49:F61D (talk) 08:57, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Upcoming U.S. additions
Scheduled to come online in 2024 (all MW AC): --- --- Busy times in the U.S. large solar projects. Rmhermen (talk) 04:30, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * 700 MW Orion TX
 * 690 MW Gemini in Nevada
 * 610 Delilah TX
 * 600 Danish Field in Texas
 * 600 Hornet TX
 * 593 Double Back Diamond IL
 * 515 Renegade (Dawn) TX
 * 471 Mockingbird TX
 * 452 Gulfstar TX
 * 430 Old 300 TX
 * 405 Hill Solar I TX (need top check for phase II)
 * 400 Rough Hat II NV (need to check for phase I)
 * 400 Waco TX
 * 400 Mammoth IN (3 more phases in 2025 for 1300 MW total, may be largest in U.S.)
 * 350 Red Tail Hawk TX (need to find DC MW rating)
 * 306 Greenwood II (need to check for phase I)
 * 300 Uvalde II (need to check for phase I)
 * 300 Oxbow I (need to check for phase II)
 * 200 San Juan I (need to check for phase II)
 * 200 Scarlett II (need to check for phase I)
 * 200 Rowland II (need to check for phase I)
 * 200 Samson II (need to check for phase I)