List of photovoltaic power stations


The following is a list of photovoltaic power stations that are larger than 500 megawatts in current net capacity. Most are individual photovoltaic power stations, but some are groups of co-located plants owned by different independent power producers and with separate transformer connections to the grid. Wiki-Solar reports total global capacity of utility-scale photovoltaic plants to be some 96 GWAC which generated 1.3% of global power by the end of 2016.
The size of photovoltaic power stations has increased progressively over the last decade with frequent new capacity records. The 97 MW Sarnia Photovoltaic Power Plant went online in 2010. Huanghe Hydropower Golmud Solar Park reached 200 MW in 2012. In August 2012, Agua Caliente Solar Project in Arizona reached 247 MW only to be passed by three larger plants in 2013. In 2014, two plants were tied as largest: Topaz Solar Farm, a PV solar plant at 550 MWAC in central coast area and a second 550-MW plant, the Desert Sunlight Solar Farm located in the far eastern desert region of California.
These two plants were superseded by a new world's largest facility in June 2015 when the 579 MWAC Solar Star project went online in the Antelope Valley region of Los Angeles County, California.
Talatan Solar Park is the largest solar park in the world with a capacity of 16,000MW as of 2023 and a planning area of 609 km2, which is close to the land area of Singapore.
As with other forms of power generation, there are important regional habitat modification problems, such as the heat island effect, and the resulting stress to local threatened species. Several planned large facilities in the U.S. state of California have been downsized due in part to such concerns.

World's largest photovoltaic power stations

The following is a list of operating solar farms that are 500 MW or larger.
These lists include a mixture of individual solar power plants and of groups of co-located projects, usually called solar parks.
NameCountryLocationCapacity
MWDC or MWAC 		Annual output
Land
size
YearRemarksRef
Talatan Solar Park420ongoing
since 2011		Multiple phases built over time since 2011, rather than a single project. Which includes a site testing 100MW of various solar panel designs.Lauched 3GW on 2025
Ningdong Solar Park18320In 2025, 3.5GW PV launched
Hobq Solar Park 100204662024Located in Kubuqi Desert In Hanggin Banner and Dalad Banner. 2GW in each site. 13.5GW in Dalad Banner's plan.
Urtmorin Solar Park6100since 2021
Midong Solar Park5000133since 2024Include a 3.5GW largest single PV station, and a 0.5GW station. 9.35GW is under construction. 25.75GW planned.
Ruoqiang Solar Park4000720088.272024
Otog Front Banner Solar Park400057009020243 GW 70 km2 owned by China Energy Group; 1 GW owned by Inner Mongolia Energy Group
Gelmud East Solar Park3534149.62024
Delingha Solar Park33506,000702024First farms commissioned in 2018, expected to be expanded to 2 GW
Nilka County PV Park482024Phase I 2000MW, Phase II 1000MW, Phase III 275.2MW
Mengxi Lanhai Solar Plant3,000702024In Ordos, Inner Mongolia. Part of "Otog Front Banner Solar Park",This is a 4GW PV project for Shanghaimiao - Shandong UHVDC.
Mori Solar Park922021In Mori Kazakh, Xinjiang Planned 31.98GW
Bhadla Solar Park2245562018First farms commissioned in 2018, more farms are gradually added, expected to be expanded to 3.5 GW
Pavagada Solar Park532019In Karnataka state
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park20272,8002022Phase I completed in 2013, followed by Phase II and III. Phase IV is under construction, as well as Phase V.
Al Dhafra Solar project212023Largest single-site project
Alax Tengger Desert Solar Park2000432024In Alxa, Inner Mongolia.8GW on planning
Wulanbuhe Desert Solar Park2000432024In Inner Mongolia.8GW on planning
China Energy Lingshao Solar Park2000432024
Benban Solar Park1650372019In Aswan
Complexo Solar Janaúba502025Located in Minas Gerais, it is the largest solar park in South America.
Tengger Desert Solar Park1547432016In Zhongwei, Ningxia
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