02-09-2017, 01:03 PM
A solar power plant is based on the conversion of sunlight into electricity, either directly through photovoltaic (PV) energy, or indirectly through concentrated solar energy (CSP). Concentrated solar systems use lenses, mirrors and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight on a small beam. Photovoltaic energy converts light into electric current using the photoelectric effect. The world's largest photovoltaic power plant was the 354 MW CSP installation of solar power generation systems (SEGS) located in the Mojave Desert, California. But now the largest is in India, India owns the largest solar power plant in the world - Believe it or not | The Economy ... Other large CSP plants include the 250 MW Solar Hot Water Project in Arizona. the Solnova solar power plant (150 MW, 250 MW at the end) and the Andasol solar power plant (150 MW), both in Spain. Concentrated solar power plants first appeared in the 1980s. Solar energy is increasingly used.