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  • The facility will be used to demonstrate Solar Systems’ Dense Array CPV dish technology. Image: Silex Systems Limited.

    Mildura, Victoria, Australia

    1.5MW, Ground Mounted, Completed | 15 April 2013, 16:47

    The largest CPV solar power plant in Australia, as claimed by Australian CPV systems manufacturer Solar Systems, has become operational in Mildura in the Australian state of Victoria.

  • The 60MW facility will begin construction in 2014 and complete in 2015. Image: First Solar.

    Mendota, Fresno County, California

    60MW, Ground Mounted, Announced | 15 April 2013, 16:04

    Recently purchased by First Solar, the 60MW North Star solar project will be located near Mendota, Fresno County, California.

  • The Broken Hill project has been under development since 2012 while construction has been slated to commence in 2014. Image: First Solar.

    Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

    50MW, Ground Mounted, Announced | 03 April 2013, 16:48

    The government of New South Wales has approved plans to build a 50MW PV facility, called Broken Hill, which will be located around five kilometres from Broken Hill in New South Wales. However, the approval is subject to a number of conditions.

  • The three plants will be located in he Atacama Desert in northern Chile. Image: IDB.

    Atacama Desert, Chile

    25.5MW, Ground Mounted, Announced | 03 April 2013, 16:30

    The Chilean mining companies Collahuasi and Codelco are set to benefit from solar power as the Pozo Almonte and Calama PV project moves one step closer to realisation after the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a US$41.4 million loan package to fund the project.

  • The 20MW Redcrest Solar Farm will begin construction in 2014. Image: HSLD.

    Kern County, California, US

    20MW, Ground Mounted, Announced | 03 April 2013, 16:04

    67RK 8ME, a subsidiary of 8minutenergy Renewables, and Saferay are jointly developing the planned 20MW Redcrest Solar Farm in Kern County, California.

  • Plans for a 400MW PV project on a remote Japanese island have been approved. Image: US Navy Imagery.

    Sasebo, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan

    Plans for a 400MW PV project on a remote Japanese island have been approved, according to various media reports., Ground Mounted, Announced | 03 April 2013, 15:22

    Plans for a 400MW PV project on a remote Japanese island have been approved, according to various media reports.

  • CK Solar Korea is set to build one of the largest solar projects in Pakistan. Image: Fotopedia.

    Quetta, Pakistan

    300MW, Ground Mounted, Announced | 03 April 2013, 14:34

    CK Solar Korea is set to build one of the largest solar projects in Pakistan following the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the government of Balochistan.

  • Dominion is developing a 7.7MW Azalea Solar Power Facility near Augusta in the US state of Georgia. Image: Dominion.

    Augusta, Georgia, US

    7.7MW, Ground Mounted, Announced | 04 March 2013, 14:47

    Dominion is developing a 7.7MW Azalea Solar Power Facility near Augusta in the US state of Georgia after it acquired the solar energy development project from Smart Energy Capital and Jacoby Development for an undisclosed purchase price.

  • The pre-construction development stage of the proposed 266MW DC (200MW AC) Mount Signal solar farm has officially completed and the project

    Imperial County, California, US

    266MW, Ground Mounted, Under Construction | 04 March 2013, 11:46

    The pre-construction development stage of the proposed 266MW DC (200MW AC) Mount Signal solar farm has officially completed and the project is now ready for construction.

  • The 750MW McCory Solar Project will represent one of the largest PV projects on public lands in the Californian desert. Image: NextEra Energ

    Riverside County, California, US

    750MW, Ground Mounted, Announced | 01 March 2013, 16:14

    The proposed 750MW McCoy Solar Project is another step closer to being realised after the Governor of California Edmund Brown certified the project as complying with the Jobs and Economic Improvement Act of 2011, enabling the project to be fast-tracked for a judicial and legislative review.

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