Top 10 Renewable Energy Power Plants In World You Must Know

April 20, 2021February 21, 2022 Abhiraj

Hello guys, welcome back to my blog. In this article, I will discuss the top 10 renewable energy power plants in the world, the list will be based on capacity, I will share the top 10 renewable energy power plants that produce more energy in terms of capacity, and along with this, I will also discuss a number of panels used, location, and year of establishment.

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Top 10 Renewable Energy Power Plants In World

Nowadays people are mainly focusing on renewable energy sources for power generation due to a shortage of non-renewable energy sources and one of the main reasons is Global warming which is caused by the burning of fossil fuels in non-renewable energy plants. Renewable energy power plants are pollution-free and eco-friendly to nature due to all sources used in plants are acquired from nature. Majorly used Renewable energy sources are Solar, Wind, Tidal, and Ocean energy sources.

The world’s largest renewable power plants are Solar power plants. Solar is one of the fastest-growing energy sources in the world main advantage of solar power plants is comparing to other renewable plants they generate a bulk amount of power. Hence countries all over the world are competitively constructing solar power plants for a bulk amount of power generation and one of the new technologies used is solar plants on floating water. Now let us see about the world’s largest renewable power plants.

10. TOPAZ SOLAR FARM, US-550MW

Topaz solar farm is also called Desert Sunlight solar farm located in San Luis Obispo County, California, US. This project is commissioned in 2014. It is the first renewable energy power plant in the world and covers an area of 4700 acres with a running capacity of 550MW. Solar farm consists of 8million solar panels and approximately supplies electricity to 180000 households in California.

09. KAMUTHI SOLAR POWER STATION, INDIA-650MW

The Kamuthi solar power station is located in Tamilnadu, India has spread over an area of 2471 acres with working capacity of 650 MW. It consists of 2.5 million solar panels which approximately supply enough power to 700000 people in Tamilnadu. The power station is constructed in 2016 at an approximate cost of $700 million.

08. ENEL VILLANUEVA PV PLANT, MEXICO-828MW

Enel Villanueva PV plant is located in the Mexican semi-arid region. The PV plant is spread over an area of 5930 acres and it consists of 2.5 Million solar panels with an operating plant capacity of 828 MW. It is constructed by the Enel group in 2018 as two phases with a total investment of $710 million. In the first phase, the capacity of the plant is 754 and later it is increased by 8% and made a total capacity of 828MW.

07. LONGYANGXIA DAM SOLAR PARK, CHINA-850MW

Longyangxia dam solar park is located near the longyangxia dam across the yellow river in Gonghe county, China with an operating capacity of 850MW. After the completion of this park, China became the world’s largest solar power generator. The park is spread over up to 7166 acres and approximately there are 4 million panels in the solar park. Until the construction of Tangget desert solar park, it was the largest solar generating plant in the world.

06. DATONG SOLAR POWER TOP RUNNER BASE, CHINA-1000MW

The Datong Solar power Top Runner base in Datong city, Shanxi province, is currently the second-largest solar park in china with an operating capacity of 1.1GW. It is part of China’s National administration’s plans to develop solar projects in the country. It is divided into three phases at present only one 1phase is operating with a capacity of 1000MW. Once the final two phases are complete, Datong could be the largest site in the world with an installed capacity of 3000MW.

05. KURNOOL ULTRA MEGA SOLAR PARK, INDIA -1000MW

Kurnool ultra mega solar park is the second-largest solar park in India spread over a total area of 5930 acres in Panyam Mandal of Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, with a capacity of 1000MW. The total cost of the park is around $980 million. The park utilizes over 4 million solar panels with capacities of 315 and 320 watts. The park generates 8GWh of electricity on a sunny day which is sufficient to meet virtually the entire electricity demand in the Kurnool district.

04. NOOR SOLAR PARK, MOROCCO-1117MW

Noor solar park is also called Ouarzazate Solar Power Station (OSPS) located in the Draa-Tafilalet region near Ouarzazate town in Morocco. The solar park is divided into three phases and four parts spread over an area of 6178 acres. The plant will store solar energy in the form of heat in molten salt, allowing for the production of electricity in the night. The construction cost of the plant is $2.5billion and the overall cost of the plant is $9 billion where the operating capacity of the plant is 1117MW.

03. SWEIHAN PHOTOVOLTAIC INDEPENDENT POWER PROJECT, UAE-1177MW

The Sweihan power project is an independent power project in Abu Dhabi, UAE. It is one of the World’s largest solar power plants with a spread over an area of 1928 acres and an operating capacity of 1177MW. The generation cost per KWh is $2.94 which is the lowest cost of electricity for solar power in Abu Dhabi. The total cost of the project is $870 million.

02. TENGGER DESERT SOLAR PARK, CHINA-1547MW

The Tengger Desert Solar Plant is the second-largest renewable power plant in the world which is located in Zhongwel, Ningxia, China. It covers 10626 acres in the Tengger desert which is located in Zhongwel covers 36,700km. It is also called as ‘Great wall of Solar’. The operating capacity of the plant is 1547 MW.

01. BHADLA SOLAR PARK, INDIA-2245MW

The Bhadla solar park is the largest renewable power plant in the world, is based in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district. The plant is spread over a total area of the plant is 14000 acres and the generating capacity of the plant is 2245 MW. This park had witnessed the lowest cost for solar power in India by generating 1KWH at ₹2.44.

These are the top 10 Renewable energy power plants in the world. In the future, every household will generate its own power using renewable energy sources. I hope this article may help you a lot. Thank you for reading.

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