The Rovigo Photovoltaic Power Plant is a 70 MW solar
photovoltaic (PV) plant in Northeast Italy, about 17 km west of
Rovigo
Rovigo (, ; egl, Ruig) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of Northeast Italy, the capital of the eponymous province.
Geography
Rovigo stands on the low ground known as Polesine, by rail southwest of Venice and south-southwest of P ...
. Construction of the plant was started in March 2010 and was completed in November 2010 at a cost of 276 million euro. When completed, it was the largest single-operating PV plant in Europe.
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The project, also called the San Bellino PV power plant, was developed by
SunEdison and built by Isolux Corsán.
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] In October 2010, SunEdison sold the project to infrastructure investor
First Reserve for US$382 million, and remained responsible for operating and maintaining the plant.
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See also
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List of photovoltaic power stations
The following is a list of photovoltaic power stations that are larger than 300 megawatts (MW) in current net capacity.Note that nominal power may be AC or DC, depending on the plant, and therefore any totals quoted are hybrid. SeAC-DC conundru ...
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Montalto di Castro Photovoltaic Power Station
The Montalto di Castro photovoltaic power station is an 84 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power station at Montalto di Castro in Viterbo province, Italy. The project was developed by the independent developer SunRay that was later acquired by SunP ...
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Photovoltaic power stations in Italy