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Just eyeballing it there seems to be 1 square kilometer of panels total. At regular solar panel efficiency, output would be 1000-2000MW total. So the same order
by hjnilsson 7y ago
Just eyeballing it there seems to be 1 square kilometer of panels total. At regular solar panel efficiency, output would be 1000-2000MW total. So the same order of magnitude as one nuclear reactor.
- ben_w 7y agoI think you’re off by a factor of ten. Sunlight is about 1 kW/m^2, so 1 km^2 (=1e6 m^2) would only be 1000 MW at 100% efficiency, 100-200 MW at 10-20%. That said, the plant looks bigger than 1 km^2 to me.
- celrod 7y agoThe wikipedia link shared above by aunty_helen ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavagada_Solar_Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavagada_Solar_Park ), which matches the name in the google maps link, says 53 km^2. It also says that it could produce 600MW by the end of January 2018, can produce 1400MW now, with 650MW more under construction. It also says 2000MW capacity being planned for by the end of 2019. I'm not sure how much of the 53 km has active solar panels, but they'd only need 3.8% efficiency to hit 2000MW with that much area.
- ben_w 7y agoThanks, I didn’t see the link earlier. I’m glad to see it’s the array which is bigger than estimated. :)
- lake99 7y agoMore like 10 sq km so far. You'll see it if you zoom out more. There are plenty of panel "farms" in other parts of the town. More details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavagada_Solar_Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavagada_Solar_Park
- davidgrenier 7y agoGoogle map has a area measuring tool enclosed if you right click. Closing a region gives you approximate area. edit: There seems to be at least 35 sqkm.