400 solar photovoltaic power plants are listed at this site: www.pvresources.com

[Gravel Democrat]

Here are the top 50.

http://www.pvresources.com/en/top50pv.php

Notice that the US only has 4 in the top 50. Germany has 14. Spain has 16. This shows the complete and total lack of leadership from both parties regarding the Energy issue. We had a wake up call in the early '70s but failed to stay awake. Carter had the right idea but then Ronald Wilson Reagan somehow weaseled his way into power. Once Reagan got elected, he undid what Carter had started, i.e. tax credits etc.

Unfortunately after 12 slow long years, Clinton didn't exactly put forth a bold agenda. So here we are in 2011, behind Germany of all places (not known for sun, is it) in deployment of Solar power plants.

From the site:

"In 2010 large scale PV plants with cumulative power more that 3 GWp (preliminary data) were connected to the grid. Market leader was Germany with more than 1 GWp new power capacity installed closely followed by Italy and the Czech Republic. Data about installed power capacity in 2009 is available in PV Power Plants 2010 Industry Guide, published by Solarpraxis.

World's largest photovoltaic power plants are presented in the table below. The list is divided into tables - each table includes 50 power plants. For each listed plant basic data is available (power, country, location, basic description etc.). Currently list with 1000 large photovoltaic plants is available (peak power > 2 MWp). In the table you may find different systems: standalone, hybrid, distributed, building integrated etc. But only systems (or system) which forms a unique photovoltaic power plant as a whole, are considered. If some power plants are missing and should be included in this table, or if some entries in the table should be modified, please send information to . Countries where large-scale (>=1 MWp) power plants were put into service are (ranked by cumulative power capacity installed as at December 2010)...(more)
http://www.pvresources.com/en/top50pv.php

Time to get busy with solar and every other renewable there is...



80.7 MW Solarpark Finsterwalde I,II,III Germany

The Finsterwalde Solar Park is as of November 2010 the world’s largest photovoltaic plant with 80.7 MWp.<1> The project is located in Finsterwalde, Germany and developed by Q-Cells International and LDK Solar. It is equipped with Q-Cells modules and LDK solar wafers. <2> The first phase of the project was commissioned in 2009, the second and third in 2010.<3>

10 of these = one average nuclear plant. Here's how:

As of 2007, worldwide there were 439 operational nuclear reactors with total capacity of 372,002 MW; making the average output 846 MW. However, the average new reactor can be expected to be larger. The reactors so far built in the US range up to about 1100 MWe electrical output, but new ones up to about 1500 MWe are planned
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_average_output_MW_of_a_nuclear_power_plant

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finsterwalde_Solar_Park



The Olmedilla Photovoltaic Park is a large photovoltaic power plant in Olmedilla de Alarcón, Spain. When completed in July 2008, it was the world's largest photovoltaic power plant.<1><2> The plant uses more than 270,000 solar photovoltaic panels to generate 60 megawatts (peak).<3> It produces enough electricity to power more than 40,000 homes.<4>

Using the math above, 14 Olmedillas= 1 average nuclear plant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmedilla_Photovoltaic_Park




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_photovoltaic_power_stations

Solar Works. Now.

No toxic waste.
No ongoing bills except for maintenance.

and Jobs Jobs Jobs

[meow mix]

1. k&r for the nuke defeatists

who say we cant use alternatives, only nukes

[BeFree]

2. Solar is cheaper

Every nuke plant shutdown lasts for untold years and will cost untold dollars.

Upfront costs are similar, but the disposal fees for nukes make using nukes really stupid.

[Gravel Democrat]

3. Don't forget the subsidies!

A trillion here and a trillion there...

[RC]

4. Sure, what isn't paved over for cars needs to be planted in corn for ethanol, or

covered up with uncounted square miles of solar collectors. Yeah, that's green.