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Shared solar has many of the benefits of distributed «behind - the - meter» solar and many of the benefits
of larger solar power plants, with few of the drawbacks of either.
Now that company, BrightSource Energy, is attempting to build the world's
largest solar power plant amid concerns such ventures may be too risky an investment for the federal government.
In the letter, an attorney for the group threatened to take the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and U.S. Bureau of Land Management to court in 60 days unless the agencies agreed to more thoroughly review the potential bird impacts of
other large solar power plants proposed within the Yuma clapper rail's range.
Traditional generation, and
large solar power plants similarly interconnected to the transmission system through substations, do not cause overvoltage or bidirectional energy flow concerns.
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The world's
largest solar power plant is online in southern India.
The state has developed both the policies and industry to become the leading state for solar energy in the US and currently is home to the world's three
largest solar power plants.
As with any type of power plant,
large solar power plants can affect the environment near their locations.
It will also be able to store electricity for use whenever required after sunset and will be
the largest solar power plant in Israel, capable of providing power to more than 69,000 households.
In Australia, mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto are working on plans to host the world's
largest solar power plant — a $ 1 billion, 250 - MW solar thermal system with engineering firm WorleyParsons.