Mesquite Solar Plant, Arizona

The Mesquite Solar Plant is among the top 30 or so largest solar plants in the USA. Construction started in 2011, and the plant was producing 150 megawatts by 2013. It is a photovoltaic plant, with millions of panels, being built by Sempra Energy and Consolidated Edison. It is being built In phases, and may produce as much as 700 megawatts when it is done, which might make it the largest in the nation. It is located in western Arizona, near the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, the largest nuclear power plant in the country.