The South Pacific Island of Samoa has opened the region’s largest solar array , the Faleata Racecourse. Located in the capital city of Apia, the 2.2 MW photovoltaic array was built in the middle of the city’s large racecourse. Working with two smaller arrays, Faleata will provide 4.5 percent of Samoa’s energy needs renewably, reducing the country’s heavy dependence on diesel . Read the rest of Samoa Opens Largest Solar Photovoltaic Array in South Pacific Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: clean tech , Faleata Racecourse , largest solar array pacific , largest solar farm in the Pacific , Pacific solar farm , renewable energy , Samoa island , Samoa solar farm , solar array , Solar Power , solar pv , South Pacific solar power
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Samoa Opens Largest Solar Photovoltaic Array in South Pacific