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Capacity Country Plant name Year Developers Owners PPAs (MW) opened 2250 2020 Solar Park National Thermal Pow- Development Company, er Corporation (NTPC), (RSPDCL), Saurya Urja Company Corpora- of Rajasthan, Adani Renewable tion of India (SECI) Energy Park Rajasthan 2000 India - 2019 Solar Power Karnataka Solar Power Shakti Sthala Development Corporation Limit- Development Corporation ed (KSPDCL) Limited (KSPDCL) 1963 UAE Mohammed bin 2019 ACWA Power, The Silk Road Dubai Electricity and Water Dubai Electricity Rashid Al Maktoum Fund, ’s Shanghai Authority (DEWA) and Water Authority Solar Park Electric, Masdar, (DEWA) Shuaa Energy 2, EDF Energies Nouvelles 1800 Egypt Benban Solar Park 2019 Alcazar Energy, IB Vogt, Scatec Egyptian Electricity Egyptian Electricity Solar, Shapoorji Transmission Company (EETC) Transmission Pallonji Company (EETC) 1547 China Tengger Desert Solar 2014 China National Grid China National Grid Zhongwei Park Zhongwei Power Supply Co. Power Supply Co. 1508 Mexico Enel Villanueva PV 2018 Enel Enel Centro Nacional de Plant Control de Energía (CENACE) 1177 UAE Sweihan Photovoltaic 2019 Sweihan Solar Holding Company Marubeni and JinkoSolar Abu Dhabi Water and Independent Power Electricity Company Project (ADWEC) 1000 China Yanchi Solar PV 2016 Minsheng New Energy Minsheng New Energy Station

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Capacity Country Plant name Year Developers Owners PPAs (MW) opened 1000 India Kurnool Ultra Mega 2017 Andhra Pradesh Solar Power Andhra Pradesh Solar Power Cor- Sun Edison, SB Energy, Solar Park Corporation Pvt Ltd (APSPCL) poration Pvt Ltd (APSPCL) Prayatna, 1000 China Datong Solar Power 2018 Panda Green Energy Group Panda Green Energy Group Top Runner Base Limited (formerly Datong United Limited (formerly Datong United New Energy Photovoltaics New Energy Company), China Guodian Company) Corporation, China General Nuclear Power Group, China Huadian Corporation, Huaneng Renewables Corporation Limited, China Three Gorges News Energy Corporation and Datong Coal Mine Group 850 China Longyangxia Dam 2013 China Power Investment Huanghe Hydropower Develop- Solar Park ment 750 India 2018 Mahindra Renewables, ACME Mahindra Renewables, ACME MPPMCL, Discoms, Solar Holdings and Solengeri Solar Holdings and Solengeri Metro Rail Power Power Corporation 648 India Kamuthi Solar Power 2016 Adani Power Adani Power Tamil Nadu Station Generation and Distribution Corp Ltd 579 USA Projects 2015 SunPower BHE Solar Southern Edison 550 USA 2014 BHE Renewables Pacific Gas & Electric

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Capacity Country Plant name Year Developers Owners PPAs (MW) opened 550 USA Desert Sunlight Solar 2015 First Solar NextEra Energy Resources, GE Southern California Farm Energy Financial Services, and Su- Edison, PG&E mitomo Corporation of America 500 China Huanghe Hydropower 2014 Solar Huanghe Hydropower Golmud Solar Park 500 Spain Núñez de Balboa 2020 Iberdrola Iberdrola Kutxabank, Euskaltel, Photovoltaic Plant Uvesco 500 China Golmud PV Power 2011 Yingli Solar Huanghe Hydropower Plant 494 Spain Mula Photovoltaic 2019 Cobra (ACS Group) Northleaf Capital Partners Power Plant 449 USA Springbok Solar Farm 2019 8minutenergy Capital Dynamics, Renewable Southern California Complex Energy AssetCo Public Power Authority 448 USA Copper Mountain 2015 First Solar, Cupertino Electric Sempra Generation Sempra U.S. Gas & Solar Facility Power, Consolidated Edison Development 420 Vietnam Dau Tieng Solar Power 2019 Xuan Cau Co Ltd, B.Grimm Power Xuan Cau Co Ltd, B.Grimm Power Electricity of Vietnam Project PCL PCL (EVN) 400 Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Solar 2016 Quaid e Azam Solar Power Pvt Tebian Electric Apparatus, Park Phase II Ltd Zonergy 400 USA Mesquite Solar 2016 Zachry Holdings, Sempra Sempra Generation Pacific Gas & Electric, Generation Southern California Edison, United States Department of Navy

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Capacity Country Plant name Year Developers Owners PPAs (MW) opened 399 Brazil Pirapora Solar Com- 2018 Omega Geração, Omega Geração, CCEE (Power Commer- plex EDF Renewables EDF Renewables, cialisation Chamber) Inc. 345 India Charanka Park PV 2012 AES Solar Energy Private Limited Gujarat Power Corporation The Gujarat Power Plant Limited Government 320 China Cixi Solar Farm 2020 Hangzhou Fengling Electricity Hangzhou Fengling Electricity Science Technology Science Technology 300 Saudi Arabia Sakaka Solar Plant 2019 Sakaka PV IPP ACWA Power Saudi Power Procure- ment Company (SPPC) 300 France Centrale Solaire de 2015 Énergie Systèmes Division, Neoen Cestas Eiffage Route, Eiffage Construction 292 Brazil Nova Olinda Solar 2017 Enel CGN Energy International Brazilian Chamber of Farm Holdings Co. Commercialisation of Electric Energy 290 USA Agua Caliente Solar 2012 First Solar NRG Energy and BHE Renewables Pacific Gas & Electric Project 280 USA California Flats Solar 2017 First Solar California Flat Solar Pacific Gas & Electric, Project Apple Inc. 260 China CGN Dangtu PV Plant 2020 China General Nuclear Power China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) Group (CGN) 254 Brazil Ituverava Solar Farm 2017 Enel Green Power Brasil Enel Green Power Brasil Brazilian Chamber of Participações (EGPB) Participações (EGPB) Commercialization of Electric Energy

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Capacity Country Plant name Year Developers Owners PPAs (MW) opened 252 USA Roadrunner Solar 2020 Enel Green Power Enel Green Power Project 250 India NP Kunta 2018 SB Energy Solar Private Limited, NTPC Solar Energy Ananthapuramu Solar Tata Power Corporation of India Ultra Mega Park (TPREL) (SECI), AP Discoms 250 USA Silver State South 2016 First Solar Nextera Energy Resources NV Energy Solar 250 USA 2017 Hecate Energy, SunEdison Los Angeles Department of Water Los Angeles and Power (LADWP), Department of Water Capital Dynamics, sPower and Power (LADWP) 250 USA California Valley Solar 2012 Sunpower NRG Energy Pacific Gas & Electric Ranch 248 Solarpark 2011 GP JOULE, Unlimited Energy, Agrargenossenschaft Großräschen Senftenberg/Schipkau Luxcaram SafeRay 238 Mexico Don Jose Solar Project 2018 Enel Enel Centro Nacional de Control de Energía (CENACE) 230 USA Antelope Valley Solar 2015 First Solar Exelon Corporation Pacific Gas & Electric

206 USA 2014 Silver Ridge Power , Silver Ridge Power (formerly AES San Diego Gas & Solar) Electric (SDG&E) 200 China Gonghe Industrial Park 2013 CPI Huanghe Company CPI Huanghe Company

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Capacity Country Plant name Year Developers Owners PPAs (MW) opened 170 USA Centinela Solar 2014 Fluor Centinela Solar Energy San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) 160 Chile Finis Terrae Solar 2016 Enel Enel Empresa Nacional de Electricidad SA (Endesa Chile) 160 Morocco Noor Complex Solar 2020 ACWA Power ACWA Power, Aries, TSk, ASRA Moroccan Agency for Power Plant, Morocco Solar Energy (MASEN) 158 Brazil Lapa Solar Farm 2017 Enel CGN Energy International Brazilian Chamber of Holdings Co. Commercialisation of Electric Energy 156 Germany Solarpark 2012 Enfo AG and Airport BaySolar Neuhardenberg Development Neuhardenberg

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