Solar Power Grows in Europe

"I was going to write to you about the world's largest existing solar power plant at Bavaria Solarpark in Muehlhausen, Germany when I came across this on the internet:

LISBON (AP)--GE Energy, PowerLight Corp. and Catavento energy companies Tuesday began building the world's largest solar power plant.

The 11-megawatt solar power plant, comprising 52,000 photovoltaic modules, is being built in one of Europe's sunniest areas in Serpa, 200 kilometers southeast of Lisbon. The EUR61 million plant is expected to be completed by January 2007.

With over 350,000 solar panels installed in some 10,000 structures spread across 114 hectares, the Serpa plant will have a 62-megawatt capacity, six times more than the present largest solar plant, in Germany.

It will produce enough electricity to supply 8,000 homes and save more than 30,000 metric tons in greenhouse gas emissions when compared to fossil fuels.

I recently heard (on PBS?) that President Carter had solar panels installed on the White House roof during the energy crisis in the 1970s but Reagan had them torn out when he was in office. Great message for our citizens."
- San Diego Bill

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