The Tengger Desert Solar Park
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The Tengger Desert Solar Park
China
The Tengger Desert Solar Park currently powers around 600,000 homes with its 43km2 of solar panels providing a 1.51GW output .
The capacity of the project ' s first phase will be 1m kilowatts . When the base is fully operational , its yearly power result will be 5.78bn kilowatts , the equivalent to saving 1.92m tonnes of standard coal each year . This is significant for a country that relies heavily on coal for energy .
Benban Solar Park
Egypt
Costing $ 4bn , Benban Solar Park is Africa ’ s largest solar farm , with a colossal solar potential of 6.3kWh / m2 per day . This amounts to 41 solar power plants in total .
The 1.8GW project is managed by the New and Renewable Energy Authority ( NREA ), which is owned by the state . It includes a number of small solar power plants that are being built by different companies .
The project is a part of the Egyptian government ’ s Sustainable Energy Strategy 2030 .
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