Comments on: World’s Largest Solar Park to be in South Africa? http://cleantechnica.com/2010/10/26/worlds-largest-solar-park-to-be-in-south-africa/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Top Ten Highlights of Cleantech in South Africa | CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com http://cleantechnica.com/2010/10/26/worlds-largest-solar-park-to-be-in-south-africa/#comment-101732 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:56:05 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=17389#comment-101732 […] Solar Park to be Built in South Africa. In 2010, South Africa announced its plans to constructs the largest solar park in the world. Because the only rival to its solar power is California, South Africa has been […]

]]> By: Martin Steele http://cleantechnica.com/2010/10/26/worlds-largest-solar-park-to-be-in-south-africa/#comment-43609 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 05:39:22 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=17389#comment-43609 Anything that raises the profile of green energy is good.

]]> By: Zachary Shahan http://cleantechnica.com/2010/10/26/worlds-largest-solar-park-to-be-in-south-africa/#comment-41396 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:58:25 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=17389#comment-41396 nice research, Bill. thank you

]]> By: Bill Woods http://cleantechnica.com/2010/10/26/worlds-largest-solar-park-to-be-in-south-africa/#comment-40976 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:48:46 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=17389#comment-40976 The article does say that, but the report *it* links to in turn,
http://www.energy.ca.gov/2005publications/CEC-500-2005-072/CEC-500-2005-072-D.PDF
doesn’t contain “700”. Instead, it says,
“As shown in Figure 1, the southwestern
states of Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico tend to have very high insolation values
from between 7 to 7.5 kilowatt-hours per square meters per day (kwhrs/m2-day).
However, much of California’s Central Valley and the southern part of the state also
have insolation values ranging from 5 to 7.5 kwhrs/m2-day.”

Sanity check: the sun isn’t 3 times brighter in South Africa than in California. See, e.g.
http://www.oynot.com/images/world_insolation_map_04-1250×691.gif

]]> By: Zachary Shahan http://cleantechnica.com/2010/10/26/worlds-largest-solar-park-to-be-in-south-africa/#comment-40628 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:21:12 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=17389#comment-40628 @Emil: from the linked article by a California solar company

]]> By: Emil http://cleantechnica.com/2010/10/26/worlds-largest-solar-park-to-be-in-south-africa/#comment-40397 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:37:49 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=17389#comment-40397 It’s good that you reference a quote for the South African insolation, but what about the source for California? 700 kWh/sq m (per year) sounds more like Germany to me. California should have a range of 1500-2200 kwh/sq m/year.

]]> By: Bill Woods http://cleantechnica.com/2010/10/26/worlds-largest-solar-park-to-be-in-south-africa/#comment-40388 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:15:05 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=17389#comment-40388 “South Africa gets an astounding 1,800 to 2,200 kilowatt hours per square meter (kWh/sq m) of insolation … The best possible in sunny California, for comparison, is 700 kWh/sq m.”

Say what? Large tracts of California desert average more than 7 kW.h/m^2 per day = 2500 kW.h/m^2 per year.
http://www.nrel.gov/csp/images/3pct_csp_ca.jpg

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