Comments on: Greece Plans To Construct World’s Largest Solar Farm (200 Megawatts)

By: Dragoljub

Dragoljub — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:01:38 +0000

Molim vas gde se u Grčkoj, na kojoj adresi i po kojoj ceni u maloprodaji mogu kupiti solarne ćelije 125x125mm, 156x156mm kao i koliko iznose poštanski troškovi slanja za Niš,Srbija. U očekivanju na vaš odgovor unapred se zahvaljujem. Sa poštovanjem: Dragoljub Radojković

By: Susan Kraemer

Susan Kraemer — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:18:15 +0000

You do solar a disservice by not specifying which sub-type of solar this is. There are 14 utility-scale solar farms in California that are between 150 MW and 1,000 MW and lots more in the EU.

These alone are far bigger than this “BIGGEST SOLAR IN THE WORLD!”.

your source says “an initial 21 teams to advance to the next bidding phase on Greece’s 200MW Kozani solar PV plant.”

See that? This is Solar PV (photovoltaic).

You should point out that it is solar PV – PHOTOVOLTAIC – solar, that is the least used in utility-scale solar. Most utility-scale solar is CSP, or solar thermal, or trough, or mirrors, with or without storage.

When you just say generic “solar”, and call a small project the world’s largest, you make it seem as if solar is not getting very far if a 200 MW farm is the biggest in the world, when coal plants are routinely 150-250MW.

CSP, etc solar plants are much larger. PLease point out to your readers that only solar PV is little used at that scale, though, obviously, the only type for rooftop electricity.

By: David

David — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:48:24 +0000

In reply to MySchizoBuddy. The article says they are looking for an outside investor and that the Germans have expressed an interest in purchasing the power. So it's possible even with the Greeks' financial troubles.

By: web master

web master — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:06:25 +0000

In reply to MySchizoBuddy.

The solar farm is still being planned though: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-14/greece-pushes-1-4-billion-in-solar-investment-to-boost-economy.html

By: MySchizoBuddy

MySchizoBuddy — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:45:38 +0000

You do know that Greece is likely to default on it’s debt. Nothing is going to be build in Greece for the foreseeable future. Even if they are bailed out they still don’t have any money to fund anything.