Fixed photovoltaic panels in centralized power stations

What is a photovoltaic power station?

A photovoltaic power station, also known as a solar park, solar farm, or solar power plant, is a large-scale grid-connected photovoltaic power system (PV system) designed for the supply of merchant power.

Can small-scale photovoltaic power stations be installed in China?

This study re-estimated the installed potential of centralized large-scale and distributed small-scale photovoltaic power stations in 449 prefecture-level cities in China based on a geographic information system and Google Earth Engine combined with Baidu map data and related geographic information data.

How centralized PV power stations can benefit the environment?

Under the scenario of introducing environmental benefits, the centralized PV power stations can not only obtain the electricity sale income but also obtain the additional benefits brought by carbon emission trading. Environmental benefits can offset the cost of centralized PV in the whole life cycle, as shown in Eq. 4 and Eq.

Are centralized PV power stations achieving grid parity?

Some articles calculated the LCOE and IRR of large-scale PV power stations in China in 2019 and 2020 and found that the centralized PV projects in Ningxia did not have the economy of achieving grid parity (Lou et al., 2019).

What is a centralized solar plant?

Centralized plants are typically located at the point of best resource availability, and may be composed of PV or CSP technology. Currently there is a debate regarding which form of solar energy should be used to meet California Renewables Portfolio Standard requirements.

How to choose suitable locations for photovoltaic (P V) plants?

The selection of the most suitable locations for photovoltaic (P V) plants is a prior aim for the sector companies. Geographic information system (G I S) is a framework used for analysing the possibility of P V plants installation . With G I S tools the potential of solar power and the suitable locations for P V plants can be estimated.