Italy to build Europe’s largest solar power plant

Last Thursday, the Italian government announced plans to build the most powerful power plant in Europe, among those using solar energy to generate electricity. The construction will deal with the American company SunEdison . The area on which the solar panels will be located will be about 120 football fields. The total power plant will occupy about 850,000 square meters and will have a peak power of 72 MW.

At the moment, the largest such power plant is located in Spain, and the second power is in Germany. The most complete information about the situation in Europe and the world with solar power plants can be found here (the language is Portuguese, but the data in the tables are understandable without translation).
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The total investment will be from 200 to 250 million euros (from 273 to 342 million dollars), as reported by the company, and in the middle of this year the station should already start working, and by the end of 2010 - reach the planned capacity.

During its first year of operation, the station will cover the electricity needs of 17,000 households, as well as prevent the release of 41,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

via Yahoo