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This page lists large-scale rooftop photovoltaic installation projects. Photovoltaic arrays in buildings are often either integrated into them, or mounted on to the 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.[1]

In 2011, the most common and newsworthy size for a photovoltaic power station is 1 MW.[2] However, most of the large-scale stations are not installed on the roofs, but rather integrated with agriculture and some use innovative tracking systems that follow the sun's daily path across the sky to generate more electricity than conventional fixed-mounted systems. Many of all rooftop applications are done in small and medium-sized installations for consumption within the buildings that host the arrays. There are many large-scale installation projects which have been completed in the last decade 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.

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Rooftop photovoltaic power stations

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.[3]

In operation

Rooftop photovoltaic power stations (1 MW or larger)
PV power station Country Nominal Power[4]
(MWp)		 Production
(Annual GW·h)		 Capacity
factor		 Notes
Constellation Energy-Toy R Us Flanders, NJ USA 5.38 Installed on rooftop of Toys "R" Us distribution center[3]
Southern California Edison, Fontana, CA USA 2 Constructed 2008 on roof of ProLogis warehouse[5]
Zhejiang Energy Conservation Industry Development China 2 Constructed 2009[6]
Progress Energy, New Bern, NC USA 1.27 1.5 Planned for installation on roof of BSH Home Appliances warehouse[7]
Blue Chip Energy, Rinehart Solar Farm - Stage I, Lake Mary, FL USA 1.5 Largest rooftop installation in Florida *[8]
Southern California Edison, Chino, CA USA 1 Constructed 2009 on roof of a warehouse[9]
Southern California Edison, Rialto, CA USA 1 Constructed 2010 on roof of a warehouse[10]
North Delhi Power Limited India 1 Constructed 2010[11]
Green City Energy, Haertensdorf Germany 1 1 Installation on 16 rooftops completed in 2010[12]

Proposed or under construction

Proposed/under construction rooftop photovoltaic power stations (1 MW or larger)
PV power station Country Nominal Power[13]
(MWp)		 Production
(Annual GW·h)		 Capacity
factor		 Notes
China Datang Corp, Jiangsu plant China 5.8 6.2 Under construction as of June 2010*[14]
Progress Energy, New Bern, NC USA 1.27 1.5 Planned for installation on roof of BSH Home Appliances warehouse**[15]
* Under construction; ** Proposed

Net-metering rooftop installations

The followings are the large-scale 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-scale multi-site installation projects with total size of rooftop units of 1 MW or larger.

Single-site installations

Each installation may be done on a single roof structure or on multiple buildings within the same site or campus.

In operation

Rooftop photovoltaic installation projects (1 MW or larger)
Project Location Country Nominal Power[16]
(MWp)		 Production
(Annual GW·h)		 Notes
General Motors Zaragoza Spain 11.8 [17]
St. Charles International Perpignan France 9 On roof of a fruit and vegetable distribution centre[18][19]
Goodyear Dunlop logistic centre Philippsburg Germany 7.4 7.3 Constructed 2011[20]
Shanghai No.1/2 Metro Operation Co. Ltd. Hongqiao Railway Station, Shanghai China 6.68 6.3 BIPV roof of the station[21]
Sharp Kameyama Japan 5.1 BIPV roof[22]
Sonnenfleck-tts-Bürstadt Bürstadt, Hessen Germany 5 BIPV roof in 2005[23]
Avidan Energy Solutions Edison, NJ USA 4.26 5 Installation on a seventeen acre rooftop of a warehouse[24]
Hartmann AG Muggensturm, Baden-Württemberg Germany 3.84 BIPV roof in 2006[25]
Franz Fischer Dingolfing, Bavaria Germany 3.7 [22]
Michelin Solar Park Homburg Saarland Germany 3.5 [22]
The Shenergy Group Shanghai World Expo, Shanghai Chaina 3.12 2.8 BIPV on two pavilions[26]
FedEx Woodbridge, NJ USA 2.42 Constructed 2010[27]
Volkswagen Wolfsburg Germany 2.4 [28]
Atlantic City Convention Center Atlantic City, NJ USA 2.36[29] Constructed 2009[30]
Tesco Riverside, CA USA 2 2.69 Completed March 2008[31]
Trade fair Munich Germany 2.1 [22]
Toyota Parts Center Europe Belgium 1.8 1.62 Constructed 2010[32]
Google headquarters Mountain View, CA USA 1.6 Multi-building installation completed in 2007[33]
Solar Park Pfersdorf e.G. Germany 1.5 [22]
A logistics centre in Relzow Mecklenburg-West Pomerania Germany 1.5 [22]
Rome Trade Fair Rome Italy 1.4 Multi-building installation completed in 2008[34]
Lidl Freiburg im Breisgau Germany 1.2 [22]
Staples La Mirada, CA USA 1.1 2 [35]
Orange County Convention Center Orlando, FL USA 1 [36]
Port of Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA USA 1 1.2 [37]
Migros Romande Energie Lausanne Switzerland 1.1 1.1 [38]

Proposed or under construction

Proposed/under construction rooftop photovoltaic installation projects (1 MW or larger)
Project Location Country Nominal Power[39]
(MWp)		 Production
(Annual GW·h)		 Notes
Gloucester Marine Terminal [[Gloucester City, NJ] USA 9 *[40]
White Rose Foods Carteret, NJ USA 5 **[41]
Macy's fulfillment center Arizona USA 3.5 **[42]
GSK Northeast Regional Distribution Center York, PA USA 3 Construction started in 2010*[43]
Salt Palace Convention Center Salt Lake City, UT USA 2.4 **[44]
Cowley Companies warehouse Phoenix, AZ USA 2.4 **[45]
McCormick's distribution center Belcamp, MD USA 1.8 **[46]
Staples fulfillment center Hanover, MD USA 1 1.2 **[47]
* Under construction; ** Proposed

Multi-site installations

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.

In operation

Multi-site rooftop photovoltaic installation projects (1 MW or larger)
Project Location Country Nominal Power[48]
(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[49]
Lidl Logistic Centers Phase 1 Cambrai, Vars, and Les Arcs France 3 Rooftop installation on 3 sites completed in 2010[50]
Jefferson Union High School District Oceana, CA USA 1.53 2.34 Rooftop installation on 4 sites completed in 2010[51]
Lawrence Township Public Schools Lawrenceville, NJ USA 1.2 Rooftop installation on 7 sites completed[52]
Livingston Public Schools Livingston, NJ USA 1.2 Rooftop installation on 8 sites completed in 2011[53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60]
Washoe County School District Washoe County, NV USA 1.05 2 Rooftop installation of 21 sites completed in 2011[61]

Proposed or under construction

Proposed/under construction multi-site rooftop photovoltaic installation projects (1 MW or larger)
Project Location Country Nominal Power[62]
(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.*[49]
U.S. Army Hawaii Family Housing Hawaii USA 2 - 6 Partially completed. Total size 2 - 6 WM. Project timeline 2006-2015.*[63]
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**[52]
* Under construction; ** Proposed

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References

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  2. ^ NEXT TO GO MAINSTREAM: MASS ENERGY STORAGE, Green Energy News. Retrieved on 2011-03-24
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  6. ^ China’s biggest rooftop solar power base takes shape, China Daily, November 5, 2009
  7. ^ AGT signs contract for 1.27MW BIPV roof installation, PV Tech, December 10, 2009
  8. ^ Rinehart Solar Farm - Stage I, BlueChip Energy, LLC
  9. ^ Second Rooftop in Southern California Edison’s Massive Solar Panel Installation Program Now Generating Power in Chino, Southern California Edison, October 20, 2009
  10. ^ SCE Completes Solar Installation in Rialto, Solar Buzz, November 19, 2010
  11. ^ Delhi gets 1-Mw solar energy generator, Business Standard, December 22, 2010
  12. ^ German solar system installed ahead of schedule, Construction Digital, July 20, 2010
  13. ^ Note that nominal power may be AC or DC, depending on the plant. See AC-DC conundrum: Latest PV power-plant ratings follies put focus on reporting inconsistency (update)
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  16. ^ Note that nominal power may be AC or DC, depending on the plant. See AC-DC conundrum: Latest PV power-plant ratings follies put focus on reporting inconsistency (update)
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  27. ^ FedEx Unveils Largest Rooftop Solar Array In U.S., April 22, 2010.
  28. ^ UNI-SOLAR brand photovoltaics to be utilized in a 9.7 Megawatt portfolio of projects in Italy with Winch Energy
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  30. ^ Energy-gobbling city home to biggest solar roof, March 5, 2009
  31. ^ Real Stories Tesco Fresh + Easy
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  33. ^ Google Powerd Up 1.6 MW Solar System & Hybrid Initiative, Renewable Energy World, June 20, 2007
  34. ^ Rome Trade Fair
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  38. ^ [1] solstis
  39. ^ Note that nominal power may be AC or DC, depending on the plant. See AC-DC conundrum: Latest PV power-plant ratings follies put focus on reporting inconsistency (update)
  40. ^ Gloucester Marine Terminal to Construct 9 MW Solar Rooftop, Solarbuzz, June 22, 2011. Accessed September 18, 2011
  41. ^ Solar Power to develop 5MW rooftop system for White Rose Foods in New Jersey, PV Tech, December 10, 2010
  42. ^ SunPower Plans 3.5-Megawatt Solar System for Macy's Arizona Fulfillment Center, PV Tech, October 12, 2010
  43. ^ GSK Claims Largest Rooftop Solar Array in North America, Environmental Leader, October 29, 2010
  44. ^ Salt Lake City Gets Country's Biggest Rooftop Solar Installation, Fast Company, August 6, 2010
  45. ^ Empire to Install Arizona's Largest Commercial Solar Rooftop System, Fast Company, April 19, 2010
  46. ^ Constellation, McCormick announce solar agreement, Baltimore Sun, April 22, 2010
  47. ^ 1-MW Solar System Unveiled in Maryland
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  50. ^ Energy Conversion Devices installs 3MW of Uni-Solar BIPV Installations on Lidl Logistics buildings, Design-Build Solar, April 19, 2010
  51. ^ Project: Jefferson Union School District, SCS Renewable
  52. ^ a b Manalapan-Englishtown Regional Schools, Spiezle Architectural Group, November 3, 2009
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  54. ^ Livingston School District Solar Enterprise, Part 2: Collins Elementary School, EMSA Solar, June 28, 2011. Accessed September 18, 2011
  55. ^ Livingston School District Solar Enterprise, Part 3: Harrison Elementary School, EMSA Solar, June 28, 2011. Accessed September 18, 2011
  56. ^ Livingston School District Solar Enterprise, Part 4: Heritage Middle School, EMSA Solar, June 28, 2011. Accessed September 18, 2011
  57. ^ Livingston School District Solar Enterprise, Part 5: Hillside Elementary School, EMSA Solar, June 28, 2011. Accessed September 18, 2011
  58. ^ Livingston School District Solar Enterprise, Part 6: Livingston High School, EMSA Solar, June 28, 2011. Accessed September 18, 2011
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  61. ^ United Solar completes installs 21 school roof systems, Design Build Solar, February 23, 2011
  62. ^ Note that nominal power may be AC or DC, depending on the plant. See AC-DC conundrum: Latest PV power-plant ratings follies put focus on reporting inconsistency (update)
  63. ^ [2]

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