List of rooftop photovoltaic installations

This page 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.[1]

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.

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.[2]

In operation

Rooftop photovoltaic power stations (1 MW or larger)
PV power stationCountryNominal Power[3]
(MWp)
Production
(Annual GW·h)
Capacity
factor
Notes
Warehouse in Westmont Ave, San Pedro by Permacity / LADWPLos Angeles16.4Largest Rooftop Solar PV Plant on a Single Roof[4]
Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, BeasIndia11.5Solar power plant spread over 42-acre rooftop[5]
Southern California Edison-Whirlpool Corporation Regional Distribution Center, Perris, CAUSA10.0Installed on rooftop of Whirlpool Corporation Regional Distribution Center Sept. 19, 2011[6]
NRG Energy-Mandalay Bay Resort Convention Center, Las Vegas, NVUSA6.4Installed on rooftop of Mandalay Bay Resort Convention Center Sept. 18, 2014[7][8][9]
Solar Car Park, Mina Al Fahal, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)

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anm 6.2 stalled 19550 Solar Modules on the roof top of company HQ parking lots.n
Rooftop Solar Project at Yamaha Manufacturing Unit by Amplus Solar, Noida, Uttar PradeshIndia4.113,000 solar panels installed on rooftops.[10]
Constellation Energy-Toys R Us Flanders, NJUSA5.38Installed on rooftop of Toys "R" Us distribution center[2]
Japan Tobacco International 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.

IKEA Distribution Center, Perryville, MDUSA5This solar array is one of the largest rooftop solar projects in North America.[11]
Corning Pharmaceutical Glass LLC, Vineland, NJUSA2.9Construction of a 2.9 MW rooftop solar installation for Corning Glass.
Robinsons Starmills, San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines Philippines 2.88 4 16% Constructed by Solenergy Systems, Inc. This is currently the largest solar PV installation on a mall (as of July 2016). Robinsons, one of the largest shopping mall developers in the country has the largest PV portfolio in the Philippines at approximately 12.5 MW of total capacity (operational and under construction).
Boeing 787 assembly building South CarolinaUSA2.6December 2, 2011[12][13]
Largest Rooftop Solar PV Plant on an industrial RoofSouth Africa2.3Pick n Pay Longmeadow DC, Gauteng, South Africa. Owned and operated by Energy Partners Solar [14]
Sutlej Textiles and Industries Ltd. (STIL),Bhawanimandi, RajasthanIndia2.2Rajasthan Govt. Commissions Largest Single Rooftop Solar Project The State[15]
Pata petrochemicals complex, UP, IndiaIndia5.76State-owned gas utility GAIL has commissioned the country's second-largest rooftop solar power plant with a capacity of 5.76 MWp[16]
Southern California Edison, Fontana, CAUSA2Constructed 2008 on roof of ProLogis warehouse[17]
New Fruit and Vegetable Market, Mohali, PunjabIndia2India’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[18]
Zhejiang Energy Conservation Industry DevelopmentChina2Constructed 2009[19]
Progress Energy, New Bern, NCUSA1.271.5Planned for installation on roof of BSH Home Appliances warehouse[20]
Black River Park, Cape Town, WCSouth Africa1.545Constructed 2014 on the rooves of the Black River business park[21]
Leduc Recreation Centre in Leduc, AlbertaCanada1.141.14Constructed in 2016 on the roof of the Leduc Recreation Centre, Canada's largest commercial rooftop solar array is covered with 3,622 solar panels.[22]
Southern California Edison, Rialto, CAUSA1Constructed 2010 on roof of a warehouse[23]
North Delhi Power LimitedIndia1Constructed 2010[24]
Green City Energy, HaertensdorfGermany11Installation on 16 rooftops completed in 2010[25]
CuisinArt, Rendezvous BayAnguilla1Off-grid ground mounted system supplying energy to a reverse osmosis filtration plant for the resort. Completed in 2014[26]
Urban Energy Solar, Yonkers, NYUSA5This system offsets Urban Energy's CO2 emissions by 1,001,340 kg/a.[27]
Rooftop Solar PV Plant on a single roof by Sterling and WilsonIndia1.05Installed on rooftop for KG Fabriks Ltd at its denim and industrial manufacturing plant in Perundurai town of Erode district[28]
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.[29]
Cradlestone Mall, Krugersdorp, GP South Africa 1.02 Constructed 2016 on Cradlestone mall roof[30]
Mall of Africa, Waterfall, GP South Africa 4.755 This record-breaking project is not only the largest rooftop Solar PV system of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere and 10th worldwide, but, as far as can be established this system is also the world’s largest integrated rooftop PV/Diesel hybrid solution.
Wyncoast Industrial Park Public Co.,Ltd Phase 1-2-5-6-7-8Thailand2.1653.2475Phase 1 Construction of 2015 (Inverter Dasstech + PV Poly 295 W./P. 72 Hanwha) on top warehouse No. 2 provided by P.E.A.

Phase 2-5-6 Completed Q3/2016 (Inverter SUNGROW + PV Poly 300 W./P. 72 WYNCOAST) on top of W2-3-4-5-6 and Car Port and Office W14 (E.P.C. Wyncoast Service Co., Ltd) Phase7 Completed Q2/2017 (Inverter SUNGROW + PV Poly 300 W./P. 72 WYNCOAST) Phase8 Completed Q2/2017 (Inverter SUNGROW + PV Mono 360 W./P. 72 WYNCOAST)

Proposed or under construction

Proposed/under construction rooftop photovoltaic power stations (1 MW or larger)
PV power stationCountryNominal Power[3]
(MWp)
Production
(Annual GW·h)
Capacity
factor
Notes
China Datang Corp, Jiangsu plantChina5.86.2Under construction as of June 2010*[31]
Wyncoast Industrial Park Public Co., Ltd Phase 3-4-9Chachoengsao, Thailand2.704Under construction on top of W1-2-12 (E.P.C. Wyncoast Service Co., Ltd)
* Under construction; ** Proposed

Net-metering rooftop installations

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.

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)
ProjectLocationCountryNominal Power[3]
(MWp)
Production
(Annual GW·h)
Notes
Largest Solar Rooftop Solutions by Apollo Power SystemBangaloreIndiaElectrical Contracting Services, Solar Rooftop Solutions, Facility Management Services in Bangalore. [32]
Apple ParkCupertino, CaliforniaUSA17[33]
General MotorsZaragozaSpain11.815.1Installed at General Motors Spanish Zaragoza Manufacturing Plant in fall 2008.[34][35]
St. Charles InternationalPerpignanFrance9On roof of a fruit and vegetable distribution centre[36][37]
Riverside Renewable Energy-Holt Logistics refrigerated warehouseNew JerseyUSA9Completed April 2012[38][39]
AmazonCarteret, New JerseyUSA7.5on a warehouse[40]
Goodyear Dunlop logistic centrePhilippsburgGermany7.47.3Constructed 2011[41]
Shanghai No.1/2 Metro Operation Co. Ltd.Hongqiao Railway Station, ShanghaiChina6.686.3BIPV roof of the station[42]
NRG Energy - Mandalay Bay Resort Convention CenterLas VegasUSA6.4Installed on rooftop of Mandalay Bay Resort Convention Center Sept. 18, 2014[8] Oct. 23, 2014[9]
MRPL - Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals LimitedMangaloreIndia6.063Installed on rooftops inside Refinery site, Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) roof
SharpKameyamaJapan5.1BIPV roof[43]
Sonnenfleck-tts-BürstadtBürstadt, HessenGermany5BIPV roof in 2005[44]
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.

Avidan Energy SolutionsEdison, NJUSA4.265Installation on a seventeen-acre rooftop of a warehouse[45]
Hartmann AGMuggensturm, Baden-WürttembergGermany3.84BIPV roof in 2006[46]
Franz FischerDingolfing, BavariaGermany3.7[43]
Michelin Solar Park HomburgSaarlandGermany3.5[43]
The Shenergy GroupShanghai World Expo, ShanghaiChina3.122.8BIPV on two pavilions[47]
VT - SunChomutovCzech Republic2.98on two industrial roofs, completed 2010[48][49]
FedExWoodbridge, NJUSA2.42Constructed 2010[50]
VolkswagenWolfsburgGermany2.4[51]
Atlantic City Convention CenterAtlantic City, NJUSA2.36[52]Constructed 2009[53]
DuPont Fabros Technology NJ1 Data CenterPiscataway, NJUSA2.167[54]
TescoRiverside, CAUSA22.69Completed March 2008[55]
Trade fairMunichGermany2.1[43]
GSA Bean Federal CenterIndianapolis, INUSA2.012Completed May 2010[56]
Toyota Parts Center EuropeBelgium1.81.62Constructed 2010[57]
Google headquartersMountain View, CAUSA1.6Multi-building installation completed in 2007[58]
Solar Park Pfersdorf e.G.Germany1.5[43]
A logistics centre in RelzowMecklenburg-West PomeraniaGermany1.5[43]
Rome Trade FairRomeItaly1.4Multi-building installation completed in 2008[59]
LidlFreiburg im BreisgauGermany1.2[43]
StaplesLa Mirada, CAUSA1.12[60]
CIS (Centro Ingrosso Sviluppo Campano) in NolaNaplesItalyN/AN/aProposed waterproofing photovoltaic system installed on rooftop by Enel Green Power and General Membrane SpA [2]
Orange County Convention CenterOrlando, FLUSA1[61]
Port of Los AngelesLos Angeles, CAUSA11.2[62]
Migros Romande EnergieLausanneSwitzerland1.11.1[63]
Wyncoast Industrial Park Public Co., Ltd Phase 1-2-5-6-7-8ChachoengsaoThailand2.1653.2475Phase 1 construction of 2015 (Inverter Dasstech + PV Poly 295 W./P. 72 Hanwha) on top Warehouse No. 2 provided to P.E.A.

Phase 2-5-6 completed Q3/2016 (Inverter SUNGROW + PV Poly 300 W./P. 72 Wyncoast) on top of W2-3-4-5-6 and car port and office W14 (E.P.C. Wyncoast Service Co., Ltd) Phase7 Completed Q2/2017 (Inverter SUNGROW + PV Poly 300 W./P. 72 WYNCOAST) Phase8 Completed Q2/2017 (Inverter SUNGROW + PV Mono 360 W./P. 72 WYNCOAST)

Proposed or under construction

Proposed/under construction rooftop photovoltaic installation projects (1 MW or larger)
ProjectLocationCountryNominal Power[3]
(MWp)
Production
(Annual GW·h)
Notes
Gloucester Marine TerminalGloucester City, NJUSA9*[64]
White Rose FoodsCarteret, NJUSA5**[65]
Macy's fulfillment centerArizonaUSA3.5**[66]
Wyncoast Industrial Park Public Co., Ltd Phase 3-4-7-8-9ChachoengsaoThailand2.8193.134Under construction on top of HQ, W1-10-11-12 (E.P.C. Wyncoast Service Co., Ltd) (www.wyncoast.com,www.wyncoastservices.com)
GSK Northeast Regional Distribution CenterYork, PAUSA3Construction started in 2010*[67]
Gerresheimer Glass Inc /VinelandVineland, NJUSA2.9Operational Q3 2012
Salt Palace Convention CenterSalt Lake City, UTUSA2.4**[68]
Cowley Companies warehousePhoenix, AZUSA2.4**[69]
McCormick's distribution centerBelcamp, MDUSA1.8**[70]
Staples fulfillment centerHanover, MDUSA11.2**[71]
* 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)
ProjectLocationCountryNominal Power[3]
(MWp)
Production
(Annual GW·h)
Notes
San Diego Unified School District in 2003San Diego, CAUSA4.17Rooftop installation of 28 sites completed[72]
Lidl Logistic Centers Phase 1Cambrai, Vars, and Les ArcsFrance3Rooftop installation on 3 sites completed in 2010[73]
Jefferson Union High School DistrictOceana, CAUSA1.532.34Rooftop installation on 4 sites completed in 2010[74]
The Lawrence Public SchoolLawrenceville, NJUSA1.2Rooftop installation on 7 sites completed[75]
Livingston Public SchoolsLivingston, NJUSA1.2Rooftop installation on 8 sites completed in 2011[76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83]
Washoe County School DistrictWashoe County, NVUSA1.052Rooftop installation of 21 sites completed in 2011[84]

Proposed or under construction

Proposed/under construction multi-site rooftop photovoltaic installation projects (1 MW or larger)
ProjectLocationCountryNominal Power[3]
(MWp)
Production
(Annual GW·h)
Notes
Mimar Sinan OSB Toptancılar Sitesi in 2016KayseriTurkey< 9.614 roof top systems totalling 9.6MWp on an industrial zone,to be installed by Asunim Turkiye*
San Diego Unified School District in 2010San Diego, CAUSA< 9.4Approved to add 53 more sites of 9.4 MW in size. Out of those, 47 sites will be rooftop only.*[72]
U.S. Army Hawaii Family HousingHawaiiUSA2 - 6Partially completed. Total size 2 - 6 MW. Project timeline 2006-2015.*[85]
Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School DistrictMonmouth County, NJUSA2.27Proposed size of 4.53 MW on 8 sites which has 2.27 MW of rooftop units**[75]
* Under construction; ** Proposed

See also

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