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Large Utility-Scale Solar Generating Facilities (>3MW), Feb. 2009
(Technology, Contractors, Builders, Operators, PV Suppliers, Financing)

This report considers major electricity generating plants worldwide in development that are rated at 3 MW or more. It looks at various factors such as: initial cost, the technology used, country location, land used, plant technology, and management and financing structure required. The emphasis is on plants built in the past two years since the beginning of 2007 and those plants being planned and developed.Various parameters for different utility scale generating technologies and locations are discussed such as cost per MW for different technologies, annual kilowatt hours, capacity factor for various facility locations and technologies, households served, tons of CO2 emissions avoided, land consumption per MW generated, and projected lifetime. A roadmap for projected dates various facilities will come on-line is estimated.Type of solar power plants discussed include: solar trough, solar concentrator, solar tower, sun tracking steam, distributed roof-top PC arrays, thermal solar, sterling generators, and thin film solar panels. Tracking technology is also discussed.Government support and requirements are considered that impact the building of solar power plants and who owns, builds and pays for them.

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Table of Contents - Large Utility-Scale Solar Generating Facilities (>3MW), Feb. 2009

Index of Tables

  • Table 2.1.1 Companies Building Solar Power Stations >20 MW by Technology and Location
  • Table 2.1.2 Large Solar Generating Plants >20 MW In Development in North America
  • Table 2.1.3 Large Solar Generating Plants >20 MW In Development Outside North America
  • Table 2.2.1 Companies Planning and Building Smaller Solar Power Plants ( 3 MW - 19 MW)
  • Table 2.2.2 Roadmap for Solar Generating Facilities in Development (MW)
  • Table 2.3.1 Large Solar Generating Plants Already on the Grid
  • Table 2.4.1.1 Cost per MW for Various Utility Scale Solar Generator Technologies
  • Table 2.4.2.1 Capacity Factor for Various Utility Scale Solar Technologies
  • Table 2.4.3.1 Land Consumption per MW for Utility Scale Solar
  • Table 2.4.4.1 MkW-hr/year for Various Large Solar Generating Plants
  • Table 2.4.5.1 Carbon Emissions Avoided at Various Companies
  • Table 4.1.1 Top Ten U.S. Utilities Ranked by Total Solar Electric Capacity (MW)[45]
  • Table 5.1.1.1 Ranked Suppliers for the Solar Inverter Market [31]

1.0 Overview of Solar Powered Generators and Power Plants

2.0 Overview of Companies Planning and Building Solar Power Plants

  • 2.1 Companies Planning and Building Large Solar Power Plants ( > 20 MW)
  • 2.2 Companies Planning and Building Solar Power Plants ( 3 MW - 19 MW)
  • 2.3 Large Solar Power Plants Already in Existence
  • 2.4 Various Parameters for Different Utility Scale Technologies
    • 2.4.1 Cost per MW for Various Utility Scale Solar Technologies
    • 2.4.2 Capacity Factor for Various Utility Scale Solar Facility Locations
    • 2.4.3 Land Consumption per MW for Various Utility Scale Technologies
    • 2.4.4 Energy Output in M kW-hr Annually

3.0 Solar Power Generating Plants Planned, in Development and in Production

  • 3.1 Abengoa Solar
    • 3.1.1 Overview of Abengoa Solar
    • 3.1.2 Solana Plant (Abengoa Solar)
    • 3.1.3 Other Plant Location: Mojave Desert, California (Abengoa)
  • 3.2 Acciona Energia
    • 3.2.1 Amareleja Portugal Solar Plant (Acciona)
    • 3.2.2 Cordoba Solar Thermal Plants in Spain (Acciona)
    • 3.2.3 Nevada Solar One (Acciona)
    • 3.2.4 Majadas de Tietar, Spain (Acciona)
    • 3.2.5 Alvarado Spain Plant (Acciona)
    • 3.2.6 Aldea del Conde Photovoltaic Solar Garden Facility (Acciona)
  • 3.3 Amelio Solar ( Ewing, New Jersey)
    • 3.3.1 Jordan One Plant (Amelio Solar)
  • 3.4 Ausra Solar ( Concentrator Steam Generated Power Plant)
    • 3.4.1 Ausra Background and Overview
    • 3.4.2 Kimberlina Bakersfield Plant (Ausra)
    • 3.4.3 Carrizo Plains San Louis Obispo (Ausra)
  • 3.5 BrightSource Energy Solar Power Plant Using Heliostats
    • 3.5.1 Las Vegas Solar Thermal Plant (BrightSource)
    • 3.5.2 Luz II Israel Solar Thermal Prototype (BrightSource)
    • 3.5.3 Mojave Desert Solar Thermal Plant (BrightSource)
  • 3.6 Botswana Solar Station
  • 3.7 Haldia, India Solar Plant (Bhaskar)
  • 3.8 Southern California Edison
  • 3.9 Clairvoyant Energy (Santa Barbara, California)
    • 3.9.1 Zaragosa 12 MW Solar Array on GM Plant Rooftop
  • 3.10 Cleantech America
    • 3.10.1 SJVCC 80 MW Solar Farm (Cleantech)
    • 3.10.2 CalRENEW-1 (Mendota, California) (Cleantech)
  • 3.11 Clear Skies Solar
  • 3.12 China Huaneng Group
    • 3.12.1 Yunnan Power Plant
  • 3.13 China Technology Development Group
    • 3.13.1 Qaidam Basin Power Plant
  • 3.14 Clinton Foundation
    • 3.14.1 Solar City - Gujarat, India
  • 3.15 Duke Energy Carolinas (North Carolina)
  • 3.16 EDF Energies Nouvelles (France)
  • 3.17 En-Neo Energien
  • 3.18 Emcore /XinAo
  • 3.19 eSolar
  • 3.20 First Solar (U.S.)
    • 3.20.1 Malaysia One
    • 3.20.2 Boulder City Nevada Plant (First Solar, Sempra)
    • 3.20.3 Fontana California Plant
    • 3.20.4 Blythe Plant
  • 3.21 FPL Energy (Florida)
    • 3.21.1 DeSoto Solar Energy Center
    • 3.21.2 Martin Solar Energy Center
    • 3.21.3 Kennedy Space Center
    • 3.21.4 Beason Solar Energy Project
  • 3.22 Fotowatio
    • 3.22.1 Overview of Fotowatio
  • 3.23 Goldman Sachs
  • 3.24 GreenVolts Solar Generator Using Concentrator Technology
  • 3.25 Infinia Sterling Generators
  • 3.26 Juwi Group
    • 3.26.1 The Waldpolenz solar park
  • 3.27 Kansai Electric and Sharp (Sakai, Japan)
  • 3.28 OptiSolar
    • 3.28.1 Overview of OptiSolar
    • 3.28.2 Topaz Solar Farms Project: (San Luis Obispo, California)
    • 3.28.3 Sarnia Ontario Solar Farm (Sarnia, Ontario, Canada )
  • 3.29 Solon
    • 3.29.1 Erlasee Solar Park (Arntein, Germany)
  • 3.30 PowerLight (SunPower) Sun-Tracking PV Power Plant
    • 3.30.1 Solar Star at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (PowerLight)
    • 3.30.2 Mungyeong Solar Mountain Korea (PowerLight)
  • 3.31 Rensselaer Institute Solar Panels Powering Thermoelectric Heat Pumps
  • 3.32 Solar Monkey
  • 3.33 Solar Systems (Australia)
  • 3.34 Sterling Energy Systems
    • 3.34.1 SES Solar Two Project (Sterling Energy Systems)
    • 3.34.2 Solar One Mojave (Sterling Energy Systems)
    • 3.34.3 Protype Plant at Sandia Labs (Sterling Energy Systems)
  • 3.35 SunPower
    • 3.35.1 High Plains Ranch II San Luis Obispo, California(Sunpower)
    • 3.35.2 DeSoto Power Plant Florida (SunPower)
    • 3.35.3 Extremadura, Spain Power Plant (SunPower)
    • 3.35.4 Jeonju, Korea Power Plant (SunPower).
    • 3.35.5 Mungyeong Solar Mountain (SunPower)
  • 3.36 SunTechnics/Conergy Sun-Tracking PV Power Plants
    • 3.36.1 Overview of SunTechnics/Conergy
    • 3.36.2 3 MW Pennsylvania Power Station (Conergy)
    • 3.36.3 Bengaluru India Power Plant (Conergy/Suntechnics))
    • 3.36.4 Dongyang Solar Station Korea (Conergy/Suntechnics)
  • 3.37 SolFocus Concentrator Solar Plants (Mountainview, California)
    • 3.37.1 SolFocus Overview
    • 3.37.2 South Spain EMPE Plant
    • 3.37.3 Spain ISFOC Facility
  • 3.38 Solel (Israel)
  • 3.39 Solon
    • 3.39.1 Erlasee Solar Park
  • 3.40 Sun Edison (Oregon)
  • 3.41 Suntech (China)
  • 3.42 XL Telecom and Energy of India (India)
  • 3.43 Torresol Energy

4.0 U.S. Utilities Providing Power or Purchasing Power from Solar Plants

  • 4.1 Top Ten Energy Utilities in The U.S.
  • 4.2 Utilities Contracting for Electric Power in the U.S.
    • 4.2.1 Arizona Public Service (Arizona)
    • 4.2.2 Avista
    • 4.2.3 Duke Energy Carolinas (North Carolina)
    • 4.2.4 Exelon (Pennsylvania)
    • 4.2.5 Florida Power and Light (Florida)
    • 4.2.6 Kings River Conservation District (California)
    • 4.2.7 PG&E (California)
    • 4.2.8 Sierra Pacific Resources and Nevada Power (Nevada)
    • 4.2.9 Southern California Edison (California)
    • 4.2.10. Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric

5.0 Circuitry for Solar Generator Systems

  • 5.1 Solar Invertor Circuits
    • 5.1.1.Overview and Market for Solar Cell Invertors
    • 5.1.2 Current Source Flyback Inverter for Conversion from PV Array to Grid
    • 5.1.3 Discontinuous Conduction Mode for Current Source Flyback Inverter
    • 5.1.4 One Cycle Three Phase Grid Connected Inverter
    • 5.1.5 Inverter for PV Generators
    • 5.1.6 High Performance Stand-alone PV Generating System
    • 5.1.7 Grid Connected Hybrid Generation System
    • 5.1.8 Harmonic Compensator Scheme for Grid-Connected Inverters (Tech. U of Catalonia)
    • 5.1.9 MPPT System for Standalone PV Power Generation (Fed. U. of Tech., Curitiba)
    • 5.1.10 A Variable Step Size MPPT PV System (Huazhong, U. of Sci. & Tech.)
    • 5.1.11 Single Phase Grid Connected PV Central Inverters (U. Pol. Catalunya)
    • 5.1.12 Adaptive Reconfiguration To Reduce Shadow Effect (NE U., Boston)
    • 5.1.13 Transformerless 3-Phase Inverter for High Output Voltage PV System(U.of Kassel)
    • 5.1.14 Algorithm to Size Parallel dc/dc Converters for PV Systems (Heulva University)
  • 5.2 Other Circuits and Software for Solar Cell and PV Array Operation
    • 5.2.1 Circuit to Maximize Power Output of MultiPanel Systems in Shaded Conditions
    • 5.2.2 Software for Running a Large PV Array
    • 5.2.3 Repetitive Controller for Single Phase Photovoltaic System

6.0 Solar Power Plant Technology:

  • 6.1 Solar Trough
    • 6.1.1 Solar Trough with Salt Storage (Abengoa)
    • 6.1.2 Solar Trough with Water Storage (Ausra)
    • 6.1.3 Solar Trough (FPL Energy)
    • 6.1.4 Single Axis Solar Trough (Acciona)
  • 6.2 Solar Tower
    • 6.2.1 Solar Tower with Heliostat Tracking (BrightSource)
    • 6.2.2 Solar Tower with Individual Heliostat Tracking (eSolar)
  • 6.3 Photovoltaic Thin Film
    • 6.3.1 Thin Fill Silicon Solar Modules (Kansai Electric and Sharp (Sakai, Japan))
    • 6.3.2 Crystalline Silicon Solar Panels on Single Axis Sun Tracking System (SunPower)
    • 6.3.3 OptiSolar PV Farm (California)
  • 6.4 Concentrator PV
    • 6.4.1 Concentrator PV Using Multi-junction Solar (Emcore)
    • 6.4.2 GreenVolts Solar Generator Using Concentrator Technology
    • 6.4.3 SolFocus CPV Systems
  • 6.5 Sterling Generators
    • 6.5.1 Small Configuration Stirling Dishes (Infinia)
    • 6.5.2 Small Configuration Dishes with Helium Sterling Engine (Infinia)
    • 6.5.3 Large Dish Mirror with Hydrogen Sterling Engine (Sterling Energy Systems)
  • 6.6 Solar Tracking Technology
    • 6.6.1 Robotic Solar Tracking Systems (WS Energia)

7.0 Transmission Infrastructure

  • 7.1 Distributed Solar Cell (PV) Clusters
    • 7.1.1 Rented Rooftops (Southern California Edison)
    • 7.1.2 Rented Rooftops (Duke Energy Carolinas)
  • 7.2 Remote PV Farms
    • 7.2.1 Remote PV Farms: EDG Energies Nouvelles
    • 7.2.2 Remote PV Farms: First Solar

8.0 Governmental Policy and Funding for Solar Utilities

  • 8.1 U.S. Government Policy and Funding
    • 8.1.1 U.S. Renewable Energy Tax Credits and Tax Policy
  • 8.2 U.S. Government Labs and Departments
    • 8.2.1 National Renewable Energy Laboratory
    • 8.2.2 Underwriters Lab (UL)
    • 8.2.3 U.S. Department of Energy
    • 8.2.4 DARPA:
    • 8.2.5 In-Q-Tel (CIA):
    • 8.2.6 US. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)
    • 8.2.7 U.S. Government Initiative for Alternative Energy including Solar
    • 8.2.8 U.S. Bureau of Land Management
    • 8.2.9 U.S. Military
  • 8.3 U.S. State Funding and Mandates
    • 8.3.1 Arizona Electric Utility Mandate
    • 8.3.2 California
      • 8.3.2.1 California Solar Initiative
      • 8.3.2.2 California Utilities
    • 8.3.3 Idaho Solar Funding
    • 8.3.4 Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA)
    • 8.3.5 New York
    • 8.3.6 Michigan
    • 8.3.7 Massachusetts
    • 8.3.8 Florida
  • 8.4 Funded University Research in the U.S.
  • 8.5 Abu Dhabi
  • 8.6 Australia
  • 8.7 Chinese Government National Renewable Energy Policy
  • 8.8 Europe
  • 8.9 Germany
  • 8.10 Greece Solar Procedures and Pilot Facility
  • 8.11 India Government Solar Energy Policy
  • 8.12 Israel
  • 8.13 Italian Government
  • 8.14 Japan Government Solar Energy Policy
  • 8.15 Korea Government Solar Energy Policy
  • 8.16 Singapore
  • 8.17 Spain

9.0 Photovoltaic Trade and Engineering Groups

  • 9.1 IPVEA
  • 9.2 European PV Assn.
  • 9.3 SEMI PV Group

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