Mount Majura Solar Farm - the National Capital Authority

More cells in series form a solar PV module. Typical peak power of module in commercial applications is200 to 300 Wp. More modules connected in series form a so-called string. More strings connected in parallelform the actual PV array. A number of PV strings in parallel forming the solar array are connected to aninverter, for conversion of the DC electricity to AC ready for export to the network. Most solar PV facilitieswill also include a number of solar arrays and inverters in the same facility.CURRENT UTILITY SCALE SOLAR POWEROVERSEASAs of February 2013, the largest individual photovoltaic (PV) power plants in the world are Agua CalienteSolar Project, (Arizona, over 247 MW connected - to increase to 397 MW), Golmud Solar Park (China,200 MW), Mesquite Solar project (Arizona, 150 MW), Neuhardenberg Solar Park (Germany,145 MW), Templin Solar Park (Germany, 128 MW), Toul-Rosières Solar Park (France, 115 MW),and Perovo Solar Park (Ukraine, 100 MW). The Charanka Solar Park is a collection of solar power stationsof which 214 MW were reported complete in April 2012, on a 2000 ha site. It is part of Gujarat Solar Park, agroup of solar farms at various locations in the Gujarat state of India, with overall capacity of 824 MW.Source: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_photovoltaic_power_stations)SOLAR FARMS IN AUSTRALIAFigure 2.2 illustrates the locations of operating renewable energy generator plants in Australia, includingsolar plants as at 2010. ABARE (2010) lists the largest solar generator in Australia as Solar Heat and PowerPty Ltd’s 2 megawatt solar thermal plant at Liddell, NSW. Since then a 10MW solar PV facility wascommissioned at Geraldton, WA in 2012. Plans are underway for a 20MW solar power plant within the ACTat Royalla (see later discussion).7Mount Majura Solar Farm – Works Approval Submission