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The city of Milan will soon be home to a 2.9 million-square-foot, 18-MW solar array atop the Milan Trade Fair. The array will become the largest rooftop array in the world, surpassing the current record-holder, a 12-MW array on the General Motors factory in Zaragoza, Spain.
In comparison, the largest rooftop array in the U.S. is the 2.37-MW array on the Atlantic City Convention Center.
The massive array is expected to be completed by the end of 2010 and for a price of $97-111 million. The choice of developer and beginning construction date haven't been finalized, but certain details have been confirmed. The developer will pay for the cost of construction and will rent the system from the Milan Trade Fair, allowing them to market and sale the electricity produced. After 20 years, the Milan Trade Fair will take over control of the plant. It's not certain how much of the generated electricy will go to powering the Trade Fair.
Bidding for the project started yesterday and seven contractors have already submitted bids. The winner will be announced in September.
via Reuters
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written by OakleighVermont solargroupies, July 13, 2009
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written by Michael, July 21, 2009
I assume that most of the solar panels will be positioned on the roofs of the halls, NOT the rhomboidal canopy (as pictured). That would pretty much destroy the intent of that part of the structure. Check out the following site for more details on the complex itself: http://www.mimoa.eu/projects/Italy/Milan/New Trade Fair
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written by Elana, July 22, 2009
Om another note, America's largest solar panel array is much less powerful than many in Europe. What do u say we pick it up, USA!?!
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I am very interested in solar energy because it clean, unexhaustable (at least for another 4 billion years, when the sun is expected to burn out), and we can decrease our dependence on foreign oil.
I recently wrote a story about the U.S. Department of the Interior surveying the West for suitable public lands to build utility-scale solar energy facilities.
The story is at http://www.greenvitals.net/pow...rgy-p.html
So we are definately on our way in terms of harnessing solar power and becoming more independent. It would be something if one day technology reached the point where we all had roofs made of solar panels.