This lists large-scale rooftop photovoltaic installation projects. Photovoltaic arrays in buildings are often either integrated into them, or mounted on to their roofs. Arrays are most often retrofitted into existing buildings, usually mounted on top of the existing roof structure. In 2010, more than four-fifths of the 9,000 MW of solar PV operating in Germany was installed on rooftops. Most of the large-scale stations are not installed on the roofs, but rather integrated are ground-mounted. Most rooftop applications are done in small and medium-sized installations for consumption within the buildings that host the arrays. There are many significant installation projects which have been completed and many are under construction or proposed. The following lists the rooftop photovoltaic installation projects that are larger than 1 MW in total installation size. It does not include rooftop installations of non-building structures such as detached carports and tunnels.
Many photovoltaic power stations are installed at the ground level. There are some large rooftop installations for the sole purpose of being power stations by connecting the systems directly to the grid to deliver electricity to customers. Many of these stations are installed on properties of non-utility companies such as warehouses through roof-area lease agreements and power purchase agreements between utility companies and property owners.[1]
PV power station | Country | Nominal Power[2] (MWp) |
Production (Annual GW·h) |
Notes |
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Laiyih Group - Vinh Long, Vietnam | Vietnam | 37.6 | 50.76 | This project has coordinator sponsor from the world's leading sportwear brand and it uses high quality components such as 100% ABB (Fimer) inverters (300 units), 100% Tier-1 PV panels, DC cable from Germany,... It also acquired a huge rooftop area which is considered at about 23 ha. The project is expected to offset 940,000 tons of CO2 over the term of 20 years. |
Grupo Ferreira Costa, João Pessoa, Brazil | Brazil | 2.8 | 4.9 | This project is the largest PV rooftop system of Brazil.
Developed and executed in believing in the extraordinary potencial of renewable energy in Brazil. [3] |
Mai Dubai Bottling Plant - Dubai, UAE | United Arab Emirates | 18.1 | 30 | 52,000 solar modules, completed Summer of 2019 |
AG Heylen Energy - Venlo | Netherlands | 18.015 | 16.5 | This project at Venlo consists of over 48,000 solar modules, and over 100 inverters. 126,000 square meter of roofs is used.[4] Installation completed in August 2020.[5] |
Arvind Limited - Santej | India | 16.2 | 23.63 | This is the largest solar rooftop plant in India at single industrial premises. This project at Santej consists of over 46,000 solar modules, and over 180 inverters. More than 20,000 man-days were spent in installing this landmark and over 40,000 square meter of old roofs were replaced to make way for this plant.[6] |
Giant Industrial Group
(Hamoudeh Industrial and Trading est.) |
Jordan | 2.7 | 4.5 | This project was considered the largest on-grid roof top operating PV plant in the Middle East with a capacity of 2.7 MWp. Since February 5, 2017, the roof top PV plant consists of 7,694 high efficiency monocrystalline panels (360 Wp each)[14] [7] |
Hanplast, Bydgoszcz | Poland | 1.24 | Commissioned in 2016, this is the largest rooftop installation in Poland. The energy from sun is used to power the energy-efficient manufacturing line of PV Modules. it is a prime example of archiving the low carbon footprint manufacturing, that has a net positive effect on the evironment. | |
Warehouse in Westmont Ave, San Pedro by Permacity / LADWP | United States | 16.4 | Largest Rooftop Solar PV Plant on a Single Roof[8] | |
Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, Beas | India | 11.5 | Solar power plant spread over 42-acre rooftop[9] | |
Gloucester Terminals, Gloucester City, NJ | United States | 10.1 | Rooftop Solar on Refrigerated Warehouses at Port | |
Southern California Edison-Whirlpool Corporation Regional Distribution Center, Perris, CA | United States | 10.0 | Installed on rooftop of Whirlpool Corporation Regional Distribution Center Sept. 19, 2011[10] | |
NRG Energy-Mandalay Bay Resort Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV | United States | 6.4 | Installed on rooftop of Mandalay Bay Resort Convention Center Sept. 18, 2014[11][12][13] | |
Rooftop Solar Project at Yamaha Manufacturing Unit by Amplus Solar, Noida, Uttar Pradesh | India | 4.1 | 13,000 solar panels installed on rooftops.[7] | |
Constellation Energy-Toys R Us Flanders, NJ | United States | 5.38 | Installed on rooftop of Toys "R" Us distribution center[1] | |
Delta Electronics (Thailand) | Thailand | 3.2 | Thailand's largest solar rooftop. Save on energy costs and reduce 2,722 tons of CO₂ . Delta's 3.2 MWp capacity solar rooftop system can generate 4,677,548 kWh in electricity per year for 100% internal use.[14] | |
IKEA Distribution Center, Perryville, MD | United States | 5 | This solar array is one of the largest rooftop solar projects in North America.[15] | |
Boeing 787 assembly building South Carolina | United States | 2.6 | December 2, 2011[16][17] | |
Pick n Pay Longmeadow DC, Gauteng | South Africa | 2.3 | Owned and operated by Energy Partners Solar [18] | |
Sutlej Textiles and Industries Ltd. (STIL), Bhawanimandi, Rajasthan | India | 2.2 | Rajasthan Govt. Commissions Largest Single Rooftop Solar Project The State[19] | |
Pata petrochemicals complex, UP, India | India | 5.76 | State-owned gas utility GAIL has commissioned the country's second-largest rooftop solar power plant with a capacity of 5.76 MWp[20] | |
Southern California Edison, Fontana, CA | United States | 2 | Constructed 2008 on roof of ProLogis warehouse[21] | |
New Fruit and Vegetable Market, Mohali, Punjab | India | 2 | India's second largest rooftop solar PV plant on a single roof, constructed by Azure Power in 2016. It is part of eight other projects with a total capacity of 10 MW[22] | |
Zhejiang Energy Conservation Industry Development | China | 2 | Constructed 2009[23] | |
Progress Energy, New Bern, NC | United States | 1.27 | 1.5 | Planned for installation on roof of BSH Home Appliances warehouse[24] |
Black River Park, Cape Town, WC | South Africa | 1.545 | Constructed 2014 on the rooves of the Black River business park[25] | |
Leduc Recreation Centre in Leduc, Alberta | Canada | 1.14 | 1.14 | Constructed in 2016 on the roof of the Leduc Recreation Centre, Canada's largest commercial rooftop solar array is covered with 3,622 solar panels.[26] |
Cockburn Aquatic and Recreation Centre, Western Australia | Australia | 1 | Constructed in 2017 on the roof of the Cockburn ARC, it is the largest rooftop array in Western Australia, with over 3,500 solar panels.[27] | |
Southern California Edison, Rialto, CA | United States | 1 | Constructed 2010 on roof of a warehouse[28] | |
North Delhi Power Limited | India | 1 | Constructed 2010[29] | |
Green City Energy, Haertensdorf | Germany | 1 | 1 | Installation on 16 rooftops completed in 2010[30] |
CuisinArt, Rendezvous Bay | Template:Country data AIA | 1 | Off-grid ground mounted system supplying energy to a reverse osmosis filtration plant for the resort. Completed in 2014[31] | |
Urban Energy Solar, Yonkers, NY | United States | 5 | This system offsets Urban Energy's CO2 emissions by 1,001,340 kg/a.[32] | |
Rooftop Solar PV Plant on a single roof by Sterling and Wilson | India | 1.05 | Installed on rooftop for KG Fabriks Ltd at its denim and industrial manufacturing plant in Perundurai town of Erode district[33] | |
Clearwater Mall, Strubens Valley, Roodepoort, GP | South Africa | 2.9 | Phase 1 (500kWp) installed in 2014, followed by Phase 2 (additional 1000kWp) in 2015. At the time of installation this projects was largest rooftop solar PV system in Africa. Phase 3, completed in September 2017, added an additional 1.404MWp - bringing the total solution size to 2.904MWp which provides approximately 15% of the Mall's total consumption.[34] | |
Cradlestone Mall, Krugersdorp, GP | South Africa | 1.02 | Constructed 2016 on Cradlestone mall roof[35] |
PV power station | Country | Nominal Power[2] (MWp) |
Production (Annual GW·h) |
Notes |
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China Datang Corp, Jiangsu plant | China | 5.8 | 6.2 | Under construction as of June 2010*[36] |
Tesla, Inc., Nevada Gigafactory | USA | 70 | Under construction as of 2017*[37] |
The followings are the large rooftop installation projects with the main purpose of using the generated electricity as the supplemental power. When the systems generate electricity more than the host buildings can consume, the excess electricity is fed back to the grid to bank with the utility company through net metering. Below are large multi-site installation projects with total size of rooftop units of 1 MW or larger.
Each installation may be done on a single roof structure or on multiple buildings within the same site or campus.
Project | Location | Country | Nominal Power[2] (MWp) |
Production (Annual GW·h) |
Notes |
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Mai Dubai Water Bottling Plant | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 18.1 | 30 | This project consists of over 52,000 solar modules, and over 100 inverters. |
AG Heylen Energy | Venlo | The Netherlands | 18.015 | 16.5 | This project at Venlo consists of over 48,000 solar modules, and over 100 inverters. 126,000 square meter of roofs is used..[15] |
Van Marcke distribution centre | Kortrijk | Belgium | 4.0 | 3.8 | Renewable energy cooperative Beauvent and wholesale group Van Marcke jointly invest in this rooftop installation.[16] |
Viña San Pedro | Molina | Chile | 1.3 | 1.8 | Solcor Chile installs solar installation to produce 100% sustainable wine.[17] |
Giant Industrial Group
( Hamoudeh Industrial and Trading est. ) |
Mafraq | Jordan | 2.7 | 4.5 | This project was considered the largest on-grid roof top operating PV plant in the Middle East with a capacity of 2.7 MWp. Since February 5, 2017, the roof top PV plant consists of 7,694 high efficiency monocrystalline panels (360 Wp each)[7][38] |
Apple Park | Cupertino, California | USA | 17 | [39] | |
General Motors | Zaragoza | Spain | 11.8 | 15.1 | Installed at General Motors Spanish Zaragoza Manufacturing Plant in fall 2008.[40][41] |
St. Charles International | Perpignan | France | 9 | On roof of a fruit and vegetable distribution centre[42][43] | |
Riverside Renewable Energy-Holt Logistics refrigerated warehouse | New Jersey | USA | 9 | Completed April 2012[44][45] | |
Greenport distribution centre | Venlo | Netherlands | 7.7 | on a distribution center[46] | |
Amazon | Carteret, New Jersey | USA | 7.5 | on a warehouse[47] | |
Goodyear Dunlop logistic centre | Philippsburg | Germany | 7.4 | 7.3 | Constructed 2011[48] |
Shanghai No.1/2 Metro Operation Co. Ltd. | Hongqiao Railway Station, Shanghai | China | 6.68 | 6.3 | BIPV roof of the station[49] |
NRG Energy - Mandalay Bay Resort Convention Center | Las Vegas | USA | 6.4 | Installed on rooftop of Mandalay Bay Resort Convention Center Sept. 18, 2014[12] Oct. 23, 2014[13] | |
MRPL - Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited | Mangalore | India | 6.063 | Installed on rooftops inside Refinery site, Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) roof | |
Sharp | Kameyama | Japan | 5.1 | BIPV roof[50] | |
Sonnenfleck-tts-Bürstadt | Bürstadt, Hessen | Germany | 5 | BIPV roof in 2005[51] | |
Japan Tobacco International | Lima Technological Center, Batangas | Philippines | 4.774 | 17000 panels. 213 Inverters. Complex and Custom Roof interface.
Currently the Philippines' Largest Self Consumption and Solar Rooftop System. Installed by Solenergy Systems, Inc. |
|
Fira de Barcelona Gran Via venue | Barcelona | Spain | 4.32 | 5.86 | 25,947 panels spreading over 135.000 square meters avoiding the emission of more than 2,200 tons of CO2.[18] [19] |
Avidan Energy Solutions | Edison, NJ | USA | 4.26 | 5 | Installation on a seventeen-acre rooftop of a warehouse[52] |
Hartmann AG | Muggensturm, Baden-Württemberg | Germany | 3.84 | BIPV roof in 2006[53] | |
Franz Fischer | Dingolfing, Bavaria | Germany | 3.7 | [50] | |
Michelin Solar Park Homburg | Saarland | Germany | 3.5 | [50] | |
The Shenergy Group | Shanghai World Expo, Shanghai | China | 3.12 | 2.8 | BIPV on two pavilions[54] |
VT - Sun | Chomutov | Czech Republic | 2.98 | on two industrial roofs, completed 2010[55][56] | |
FedEx | Woodbridge, NJ | USA | 2.42 | Constructed 2010[57] | |
Volkswagen | Wolfsburg | Germany | 2.4 | [58] | |
Atlantic City Convention Center | Atlantic City, NJ | USA | 2.36[59] | Constructed 2009[60] | |
DuPont Fabros Technology NJ1 Data Center | Piscataway, NJ | USA | 2.167[61] | ||
Tesco | Riverside, CA | USA | 2 | 2.69 | Completed March 2008[62] |
Trade fair | Munich | Germany | 2.1 | [50] | |
GSA Bean Federal Center | Indianapolis, IN | USA | 2.012 | Completed May 2010[63] | |
Toyota Parts Center Europe | Belgium | 1.8 | 1.62 | Constructed 2010[64] | |
Google headquarters | Mountain View, CA | USA | 1.6 | Multi-building installation completed in 2007[65] | |
Solar Park Pfersdorf e.G. | Germany | 1.5 | [50] | ||
A logistics centre in Relzow | Mecklenburg-West Pomerania | Germany | 1.5 | [50] | |
Rome Trade Fair | Rome | Italy | 1.4 | Multi-building installation completed in 2008[66] | |
Lidl | Freiburg im Breisgau | Germany | 1.2 | [50] | |
Staples / SunEdison | La Mirada, CA | USA | 1.1 | 2 | [67] |
Orange County Convention Center | Orlando, FL | USA | 1 | [68] | |
Port of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | USA | 1 | 1.2 | [69] |
Migros Romande Energie | Lausanne | Switzerland | 1.1 | 1.1 | [70] |
JP Morgan Chase McCoy Center | Columbus, OH | USA | 2.8 | Completed November 2019. JPMorgan has installed a 2.8 megawatt bifacial solar array on the roof of the complex at 1111 Polaris Pkwy. Hundreds of solar panels now topping the building are providing about 18% of the building's overall energy consumption.[71] |
Project | Location | Country | Nominal Power[2] (MWp) |
Production (Annual GW·h) |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kuwait International Airport Terminal 2 | Farwaniya | Kuwait | 29.2 | 29 | Construction started in 2016* |
Gloucester Marine Terminal | Gloucester City, NJ | USA | 9 | *[72] | |
AMAG Austria Metall AG | Ranshofen, Upper Austria | Austria | 6.9 | 6.7 | Start of construction in spring 2021 **[73] |
White Rose Foods | Carteret, NJ | USA | 5 | **[74] | |
Macy's fulfillment center | Arizona | USA | 3.5 | **[75] | |
GSK Northeast Regional Distribution Center | York, PA | USA | 3 | Construction started in 2010*[76] | |
Gerresheimer Glass Inc /Vineland | Vineland, NJ | USA | 2.9 | Operational Q3 2012 | |
Salt Palace Convention Center | Salt Lake City, UT | USA | 2.4 | **[77] | |
Cowley Companies warehouse | Phoenix, AZ | USA | 2.4 | **[78] | |
McCormick's distribution center | Belcamp, MD | USA | 1.8 | **[79] | |
Staples fulfillment center | Hanover, MD | USA | 1 | 1.2 | **[80] |
Some property owners who have many smaller buildings located in multiple sites within the same area may take advantage of installing many medium-size systems in one project to achieve the large-scale power generation to offset their total power usage. The sites of the same owner are normally connected into the same monitoring system for easy maintenance of the overall system.
Project | Location | Country | Nominal Power[2] (MWp) |
Production (Annual GW·h) |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
San Diego Unified School District in 2003 | San Diego, CA | USA | 4.17 | Rooftop installation of 28 sites completed[81] | |
Lidl Logistic Centers Phase 1 | Cambrai, Vars, and Les Arcs | France | 3 | Rooftop installation on 3 sites completed in 2010[82] | |
Jefferson Union High School District | Oceana, CA | USA | 1.53 | 2.34 | Rooftop installation on 4 sites completed in 2010[83] |
The Lawrence Public School | Lawrenceville, NJ | USA | 1.2 | Rooftop installation on 7 sites completed[84] | |
Livingston Public Schools | Livingston, NJ | USA | 1.2 | Rooftop installation on 8 sites completed in 2011[85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92] | |
Washoe County School District | Washoe County, NV | USA | 1.05 | 2 | Rooftop installation of 21 sites completed in 2011[93] |
Project | Location | Country | Nominal Power[2] (MWp) |
Production (Annual GW·h) |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
San Diego Unified School District in 2010 | San Diego, CA | USA | < 9.4 | Approved to add 53 more sites of 9.4 MW in size. Out of those, 47 sites will be rooftop only.*[81] | |
U.S. Army Hawaii Family Housing | Hawaii | USA | 2 - 6 | Partially completed. Total size 2 - 6 MW. Project timeline 2006–2015.*[94] | |
Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District | Monmouth County, NJ | USA | 2.27 | Proposed size of 4.53 MW on 8 sites which has 2.27 MW of rooftop units**[84] |
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