Solar power plants have been harnessing the sun’s abundant rays over the past two decades, but plants with capacities in the thousands of megawatts have only come online within the last few years.
And two countries have been leading their rollout: China and India. Together they housed nine of the 15 largest solar power plants in the world in 2021.
Here are the top 15 solar power plants (photovoltaic power stations) by installed capacity:
| Rank | Name | Country | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhadla Solar Park |  India | 2,245 MW |
| 2 | Huanghe Hydropower Hainan Solar Park |  China | 2,200 MW |
| 3 | Pavagada Solar Park | India | 2,050 MW |
| 4 | Benban Solar Park |  Egypt | 1,650 MW |
| 5 | Tengger Desert Solar Park | China | 1,547 MW |
| 6 | Noor Abu Dhabi |  UAE | 1,177 MW |
| 7 | Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park | UAE | 1,013 MW |
| 8 | Kurnool Ultra Mega Solar Park | India | 1,000 MW |
| 9 | Datong Solar Power Top Runner Base | China | 1,000 MW |
| 10 | NP Kunta | India | 978 MW |
| 11 | Longyangxia Dam Solar Park | China | 850 MW |
| 12 | Villanueva Solar Park |  Mexico | 828 MW |
| 13 | Copper Mountain Solar Facility |  United States | 802 MW |
| 14 | Mount Signal Solar Park | United States | 794 MW |
| 15 | Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Park | India | 750 MW |
India’s Bhadla Solar Park is the world’s largest solar park as of the time of the dataset. It has the capacity to generate 2,245 megawatts of electricity alone, enough to power 1.3 million homes. The country also has the third-largest solar power plant, Pavagada Solar Park, and five of the top 15.
China is the world’s largest producer of solar energy and had four of the 15 largest solar plants in 2021. Huanghe Hydropower’s Hainan Solar Park—listed in some sources as Golmud Solar Park—is the world’s second largest solar power plant with a 2,200 megawatt capacity, while Tengger Desert Solar Park (also known as the “Great Wall of Solar”) was formerly the largest solar park in the world with a 1,547 megawatt capacity.
One thing the world’s largest solar power plants have in common is access to large stretches of open land, particularly deserts. And three of the newest mega solar parks are in the Middle East: Egypt’s Benban Solar Park, and UAE’s Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park and Noor Abu Dhabi Solar Power Plant.
Solar energy usage has been growing exponentially across the Atlantic as well, just not as fast as in Asia. Mexico’s Villanueva Solar Park is the largest solar plant in the Americas with an 828 megawatt capacity, while the Copper Mountain Solar Facility (802 MW) in Nevada and the Mount Signal Solar Park (794 MW) in California are the largest plants in the United States.
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