Solar Power Plant Map

Openei is developed and maintained by the national renewable energy laboratory with funding and support from the u s.

Solar power plant map.

Solar resource data sets. The average capacity factor for a solar power plant which is a function of tracking shading and location is about 20 per cent meaning that a 50 mw capacity power plant will typically provide a yearly output of 50 mw 24 hours 365 days 20 per cent 87 600 mwh year or 87 6 gwh year. The location where the solar power plant will be installed is highly related with the solar energy potential of the location. The california energy commission develops and maintains maps and geospatial information on california s energy infrastructure and related activities.

The solar energy technologies office seto funds projects at national laboratories state and local governments universities nonprofit organizations and private companies to improve the affordability performance and value of solar technologies on the grid. The information about the solar energy potential of a location can be determined from the global radiation values kwh m 2 day sunshine duration hours and pv type area energy generation kwh year. Petroleum prices supply and demand information from the energy information administration eia official energy statistics from the u s. Brightsource energy received a 1 6 billion loan guarantee from the united states department of energy to build the project which deploys 347 000 heliostat mirrors focusing solar energy on.

See our active and inactive projects in the map below. For solar to produce as much electricity as is generated by a nuclear power plant it would require about 13 000 mw of utility scale solar capacity which about four times as much as built in the existing plants. The 392 mw ivanpah solar power facility located 40 miles 64 km southwest of las vegas is the world s largest solar thermal power plant project which became fully operational on february 13 2014. This number is enough to power only 500 000 homes which is considerably less than nuclear power.

To view and use these data sets you need appropriate geographic information system software. Department of energy and a network of international partners sponsors. Learn more about seto s work. List of solar power facilities.

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