And not without reason. Spread across 14,000 acres in the Thar desert of the Rajasthan district, the Bhadla Solar Park is the largest solar power plant in the world. With a massive generating capacity of 2.25 GW, it has over 10 million solar panels that soak the sun under average temperatures ranging between 46-48 degrees Celsius.
It is widely billed as the largest single-site solar PV plant in the world, which means that it is not an aggregated complex. The facility spans about 20 km² of desert land near Abu Dhabi and uses nearly four million bifacial panels.
The project was developed in five stages and right now, the total generating capacity is 2,327 megawatts. Beyond the standard photovoltaic (PV) panels, the plant also uses concentrated solar power (CSP) technology. As per the plans, the capacity will touch 5,000 MW by 2030.
In fact, before the commissioning of the Huanghe Hydropower Hainan Solar Park, the Tengger Desert Solar Park was the largest solar station in China. Once all the phases of the project are complete, the generating capacity will touch 3 GW. In that stage, it will have the ability to prevent the burning of 1.92 million tons of coal annually!
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