1. Sweihan Independent Power Project

The plant in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is still under construction, but is expected to become the world's largest in 938 MW solar systems exchanges later this year.

The development led by Marubeni and JinkoSolar uses a shallow tilt angle, with arrays (a total of 1,177 MW P) oriented east-west. As shown in the aerial view of the factory under construction, this arrangement achieves very high packing density on 800 hectares of land.

2. Yanchi Solar Park

China has the largest factory currently operating, led by the so-called Yanchi Solar Park, located south of Gaoshawo, Yanchi District, Ningxia. The output power of its 1 GW P solar array is about 820 MW. The plant has been in operation since 2016. Despite its name, it is not a "solar park" and we will define it below.

3. Kamuthi Solar Power Project

The Kamuthi solar facility in Tamil Nadu, India, generates 648 MW of electricity. The site, which covers 2,500 acres (10 square kilometers), consists of 2.5 million solar panels and is estimated to provide sufficient electricity for 750,000 people. The station was completed in September 2016 at a cost of about 679 million US dollars. It took only eight months to complete. The factory cleans every day through a robotic system, which is charged by its own solar panels.

4. Villanueva

Mexico stole the mantle from the largest solar project in the United States and completed the third phase of the Verranova plant in November last year. Its current operating capacity is 640 MW solar systems. The plant is still being expanded in the Italian state of Coahuila by ENEL Green Power.

5. Solar Star

The largest solar power plant in the United States is located in Antelope Valley, California, along with several other photovoltaic plants. It uses white edges to distinguish it in this view. Solar Star was built in two phases using the Sunpower Corporation module during 2013-2014. Its total capacity is 579 MW, owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Group.