Sevilla Photovoltaic Power Plant
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The Sevilla Photovoltaic Power Plant is the largest low-concentrated CPV
Concentrated photovoltaics
Concentrated photovoltaic technology uses optics such as lenses to concentrate a large amount of sunlight onto a small area of solar photovoltaic materials to generate electricity...

 power plant in the world. The facility is located in the Solar Platform
Solar Platform
The Solar Platform is a region in Sanlúcar la Mayor, Spain, used primarily for solar power developments.The region is home to three notable power stations, the PS10 Solar Power Plant, PS20 Solar Power Plant, and the Solnova Solar Power Station....

, a region dedicated to solar power
Solar power
Solar energy, radiant light and heat from the sun, has been harnessed by humans since ancient times using a range of ever-evolving technologies. Solar radiation, along with secondary solar-powered resources such as wind and wave power, hydroelectricity and biomass, account for most of the available...

 developments, in Sanlúcar la Mayor
Sanlúcar la Mayor
Sanlúcar la Mayor is a municipality in the province of Seville, southern Spain. The municipality is also the location of the Solucar solar power plant....

, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

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The plant utilizes 154 two-axis tracking units, consisting of 36 photovoltaic module
Photovoltaic module
A solar panel is a packaged, connected assembly of solar cells, also known as photovoltaic cells...

s each. The entire plant covers an area of 295000 square metre, with a total PV surface area of 5913 square metre. The maximum electrical installed capacity tops at , with a conversion efficiency of 12%. The plant generates annually.
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