EnergyDigital Magazine June 2023 | Page 96

Kurnool Ultra Mega Solar Park
Jichuan Solar Park
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Kurnool Ultra Mega Solar Park

India
Located in the Kurnool district , Andhra Pradesh , south India , with an operational capacity of 1GW ( 1000MW ) of energy each year , a significant portion of India ' s gross installed electricity capacity of over 350GW , the solar park saves an estimated 1,892,160 tonnes of CO2 emissions .
The solar park is a combination of a state and central government partnership .

Jichuan Solar Park

China
Nearly all of Jinchuan in China ' s Gansu province is covered in solar power plants . A second cluster of projects is to the south , and the solar park occupies almost 90km2 of semi-desert to the west of the city .
The solar park now has 15 plants , all of which have a combined capacity of just over 1GW . The largest plant in Jinchuan has more than 200MW of capacity .
The largest Jinchuan plant has a capacity of more than 200MW .
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