World Largest Solar Power Plant Operates in Germany
Sep 09 - Xinhua News Agency - CEIS
World largest solar power plant operates in Germany
The plant consists of some 33,500 photo-voltaic modules covering a huge space
of 21.6 hectares. With a five-megawatt facility, it can provide enough
electricity for some 1,800 households.
The 22 million-euro (26.5 million dollars) plant was a joint project of Shell
Solar, GEOSOL and WestFond.
According to statistics, Germany is the leading country in Europe to harness
solar energy with 500 megawatt of capacity already installed, which can provide
electricity for 130,000 households.
Solar energy accounts for 0.05 percent of the total electricity generated in
Germany while all renewable energy, which also includes water- and wind-power,
represents 10 percent of the total.
By 2020, the German government aims to double the share of renewable energy
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