Talk:Olmedilla Photovoltaic Park

World second largest?
The articles states that Olmedilla is the world's second largest photovoltaic plant. However, by my understandings it the fourth largest after Finsterwalde, Sarnia and Rovigo plants. Also, sentence "It produces enough electricity to power more than 40,000 homes." is a good marketing argument but more encyclopedic would be annual generation. Beagel (talk) 22:08, 3 December 2010 (UTC)


 * I think someone with little knowledge of how fast things are changing with PV power plants has been making some statements about size in various articles which have dated very quickly. I will try to fix those mistakes that I see.


 * On your other point, I think first and foremost we should impartially present information that is given in reliable sources. If number of homes is given, use that. If annual generation is given use that. If both are given, use both. That is the encyclopedic way to do things. Johnfos (talk) 23:57, 3 December 2010 (UTC)


 * This source by Vaclav Smil says for average annual generation 85 GWh and for capacity factor 16%. Although there may be question if the website as such is reliable, Vaclav Smil is definitely is reliable author. The problem with the number of homes is that this is not a constant figure: it changes over the time and varies from country to country depending standard of living, measures implemented for the energy savings, and not least, climate. Therefore, the number of homes is definitely interesting, but it is not encyclopedic. Beagel (talk) 09:50, 4 December 2010 (UTC)


 * It is our job to report what the reliable sources say, irrespective of whether we agree with it or not. That is NPOV. That is being encyclopedic. Johnfos (talk) 21:38, 4 December 2010 (UTC)