2GW solar power plant to be built in Kazakhstan

CleanTechnica

We wrote yesterday that 2,000 megawatts (MW) of solar power have now been installed in Australia. If you thought that was striking, I think you’ll find this especially striking. The organization Fonrocheenergie SAS has signed an agreement with Kazakh ZhambylGidroEnergo to construct a 2,000 MW (2 GW) solar power plant in Kazakhstan. 2 GW is big, really big! That’s 2 billion watts.

The project is to be located in the southern region of the country, and the first €80 million phase of it will be 24 MW. This translates to a cost of €3.33 per watt of the first phase of the project.

The construction of this plant is slated to begin next year.

This article was originally published on CleanTechnica (http://s.tt/1tpg8). Reproduced with permission.

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One response to “2GW solar power plant to be built in Kazakhstan”

  1. Robert Johnston Avatar
    Robert Johnston

    Stage 1 – 24MW (a bit over 1% of the announced project size).

    Anyone remember the announcement of Silverton Windfarm at 1000MW? Since been passed along to various different owners, now with AGL at what – 100MW?

    AND 3.3 EURO/watt – about double the cost of doing it in Australia!!!

    Its amazing what some will do for media coverage….. shame on you for covering it!

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