What is Solar power plant?
[[File:PV Soundless Freising.jpg|thumb|Solar energy absorbing panels on the sound barrier next to the [[Munich]] airport.]] A '''solar power plant''' is based on the conversion of [[sunlight]] into [[electricity]], either directly using [[photovoltaics]] (PV), or indirectly using ''concentrated solar power'' (CSP). Concentrated solar power systems use lenses, mirrors, and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small [[beam]]. Photovoltaics converts light into electric current using the [[photoelectric effect]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pvresources.com/en/technologies.php |title=Technologies: From silicon to the solar cell. |access-date=2011-03-20 |archive-date=2011-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719081317/http://www.pvresources.com/en/technologies.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> The largest photovoltaic power plant in the world was the 354 MW [[:en:Solar_Energy_Generating_Systems|Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) CSP]] installation located in the [[Mojave Desert]], [[California]]. Other large CSP plants include the 250 M[[Watt|W]] Agua Caliente Solar Project in [[Arizona]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pvresources.com/PVPowerPlants/Top50.aspx |title=Large-Scale Photovoltaic Power Plants Ranking 1-50 |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-date=2016-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101115142/http://www.pvresources.com/PVPowerPlants/Top50.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> the Solnova Solar Power Station (150 MW, 250 MW when finished),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cleanenergyactionproject.com/CleanEnergyActionProject/Solar_CSP___Concentrating_Solar_Power_Case_Studies_files/Solnova%20Solar%20Power%20Station.pdf |title=Solnova Solar Power Station |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-date=2016-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311152833/http://www.cleanenergyactionproject.com/CleanEnergyActionProject/Solar_CSP___Concentrating_Solar_Power_Case_Studies_files/Solnova%20Solar%20Power%20Station.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the [[Andasol solar