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A. Virtuani
Fig. 11.2 Ground-mounted 10 MW utility-scale PV plant in Oryx, Jordan, 10 MW built under the
Jordanian Renewable Energy Programme. Credits: Scatec Solar
The project was one of the first to be fully constructed in Jordan. The plant was
connected to the grid in 2016 and is made of poly-crystalline modules mounted
on a single-axis tracker. The average annual production is 25 GWh/y, covering
the annual energy demand of approximately 5000 households.
Business model: The project has a 20-year power purchase agreement
(PPA) with the state utility (National Electric Power Company).
Box 3–Giga-scale utility-scale solar plant 3
See (Fig. 11.3).
Plant description: located in a torrid semiarid region in Viesca (State of
Coahuila), the plant extends over 2750 hectares and is operational since the
end of 2018; it is composed of 2.4 million polycrystalline modules (of 320 W p
each). The average annual production is estimated at 1700 GWh/y. This project
is representative of the trend of moving towards gigantic solar PV plants with
capacities in the order of hundreds of megawatts or even gigawatts, particularly
in the sun-belt countries. A high availability of solar resources, combined with
economies of scale, allows Gigawatt-scale plants to considerably reduce the
A. Virtuani
Fig. 11.2 Ground-mounted 10 MW utility-scale PV plant in Oryx, Jordan, 10 MW built under the
Jordanian Renewable Energy Programme. Credits: Scatec Solar
The project was one of the first to be fully constructed in Jordan. The plant was
connected to the grid in 2016 and is made of poly-crystalline modules mounted
on a single-axis tracker. The average annual production is 25 GWh/y, covering
the annual energy demand of approximately 5000 households.
Business model: The project has a 20-year power purchase agreement
(PPA) with the state utility (National Electric Power Company).
Box 3–Giga-scale utility-scale solar plant 3
See (Fig. 11.3).
Plant description: located in a torrid semiarid region in Viesca (State of
Coahuila), the plant extends over 2750 hectares and is operational since the
end of 2018; it is composed of 2.4 million polycrystalline modules (of 320 W p
each). The average annual production is estimated at 1700 GWh/y. This project
is representative of the trend of moving towards gigantic solar PV plants with
capacities in the order of hundreds of megawatts or even gigawatts, particularly
in the sun-belt countries. A high availability of solar resources, combined with
economies of scale, allows Gigawatt-scale plants to considerably reduce the