Solar Power Plants in Latin America & the Caribbean

German School San Salvador
Location: El Salvador
Operator: German School
Configuration: 20 kWp
Operation: 2005
System supplier: Phönix SonnenStrom AG
Quick facts: This project was supported as part of the solar roof program of Deutsche Energie Agentur GmbH (dena). The largest PV plant in Central America to date, it is expected to produce about 30 MWh/yr with surplus power being sold to the grid.

Photograph courtesy of Phönix SonnenStrom AG
Posted 3 Sep 2005

PAG Guadeloupe
Location: Guadeloupe
Operator: Aerowatt
Configuration: 2.35 MWp
Operation: 2011
System supplier: ??
EPC: Aerowatt
Quick facts: Thse panels were insstalled on the warehouses of Port Autonome Guadeloupe.

Photograph courtesy of Aerowatt
Posted 3 Dec 2011

Tauá
Location: Brazil
Operator: MPX Energia SA
Configuration: 1 MWp
Operation: 2011
System supplier: Kyocera
EPC: Conectavol, Ingeteam
Quick facts: This project in Ceara state was grid-connected on 24 May 2011 as  Brazil's largest PV plant to date. The investment amounted to R$10mn. A second1-MW plant is being built and the site is sized for uo to 50 MW of PV capacity.

Photograph courtesy of MPX Energia
Posted 13 Aug 2011

Abbreviations

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 03-Dec-2011

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