[Geography] Distribution of Non-Conventional Energy Resources

Distribution of Non-Conventional Energy Resources
In this article I am just adding plants and their locations, as introduction is easily available in books and various websites. This time I tried to add some maps. List of plants' name is not exhausted.

Solar Energy:

Country	Solar parks	Location
Germany	Neuhardenberg Solar Park	Neuhardenberg
	Templin Solar Park	Templin
	Brandenburg-Briest Solarpark	Briest
	Solarpark Finow Tower	Eberswalde
	Eggebek Solar Park	Eggebek
	Senftenberg Solarpark	Senftenberg
	Finsterwalde Solar Park	Finsterwalde
	Lieberose Photovoltaic Park	Lieberose
	Solarpark Meuro	Schipkau
	Solarpark Alt Daber	Wittstock
	Green Tower	Brandenburg
	Strasskirchen Solar Park	Strasskirchen
	Walddrehna Solar Park	Walddrehna
	Tutow Solar Park	Demmin
	Waldpolenz Solar Park	Leipzig
Spain	Puertollano	Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha
	Olmedilla Photovoltaic Park	Olmedilla de Alarcón
	Planta Solar Dulcinea	Cuenca
	Merida/Don Alvaro Solar Park	Mérida
	Planta Solar Ose de la Vega	Cuenca
	Arnedo Solar Plant	Arnedo, La Rioja
	Planta solar Fuente Álamo	Fuente-Álamo, Murcia
	Planta solar fotovoltaico Calasparra	Calasparra, Murcia
	Beneixama photovoltaic power plant	Beneixama
	Planta Solar de Salamanca	Salamanca
	Parque Solar Guadarranque	San Roque, Cádiz
	Lobosillo Solar Park	Lobosillo, Murcia
Japan	Kagoshima Nanatsujima Megasolar Project	Kagoshima
	Komekurayama Solar Power Plant	Mt. Komekura
	Ogishima Solar Power Plant	Kawasaki
	Solar Ark	Anpachi, Gifu
	Ukishima Solar Power Plant	Kawasaki
USA	Agua Caliente Solar Project	Yuma County, Arizona
	California Valley Solar Ranch	Carrizo Plain
	Imperial Solar Energy Center South	California
	Copper Mountain Solar Facility	Boulder City, Nevada
	Mesquite Solar project	Arlington, Arizona
	Catalina Solar Project	Kern County, California
	Campo Verde Solar Project	California
	Centinela Solar Energy Project	El Centro, California
	Arlington Valley Solar II	Maricopa County
	Antelope Valley Solar Ranch	Antelope Valley, California
	Alpine Solar	Los Angeles County
	Alpaugh Solar Plant	Tulare County, California.
	Silver State North	Clark County
	Avenal Solar Facility	Kings County
Italy	Montalto di Castro Photovoltaic Power Station	Montalto di Castro
	Rovigo Photovoltaic Power Plant	San Bellino
	Serenissima Solar Park	Canaro
	Cellino San Marco Solar Park	Cellino San Marco
	Alfonsine Solar Park	Alfonsine
	Sant'Alberto Solar Park	Sant'Alberto
	Anguillara PV power plant	Anguillara
Ukraine	Okhotnykovo Solar Park	Okhotnykovo, Crimea
	Nikolayevka Solar Park	Simferopol, Crimea
	Priozernaya Solar Park	Odessa Region
	Perovo Solar Park	Perovo, Crimea
	Starokozache Solar Park	Odessa Oblast
China	Huanghe Hydropower Golmud Solar Park	Golmud, Qinghai Province
	Xitieshan Solar Park	Qinghai Province
	Gansu Jiayuguan Solar Park	Jiayuguan
	Qinghai Golmud Solar Park	Golmud, Qinghai Province
	Hongsibao Solar Park	Wuzhong, Ningxia
	Huaneng Geermu Solar Park	Geermu City, Qinghai Province
	Gansu Dunhuang Solar Park	Gansu Province
	Weidi Solar Park	Weidi
	Golmud CPV Solar Park	Golmud
France	Toul-Rosières Solar Park	Toul-Rosières Air Base(Meurthe-et-Moselle)
	Gabardan Solar Park	Landes
	Crucey Solar Park	Chartres
	Massangis Solar Park	Yonne

                      Map : Solar plants in  Germany

 

Wind Energy:

Country	Name (major one)	Location/zone
Denmark	Anholt	Kattegat near Norddjurs
	Horns Rev II	Horns Rev, East North Sea
	Rodsand II	South of Lolland
	Nysted (Rødsand I)	South of Lolland
	Horns Rev I	Horns Rev, East North Sea
	Middelgrunden	Øresund
	Samsø	Samsø municipality
	Sprogø	Great Belt
	Ronland 1	South of Lolland
	Avedore Holme	Hvidovre
	Frederikshavn	Nordjylland
	Tuno Knob	Odder
	Vindeby	Ravnsborg
Portugal	Alto Minho Wind Farm	Viana do Castelo
	Arada-Montemuro Wind Farm	Viseu
	Pinhal Interior Wind Farm	Castelo Branco
	Ventominho Wind Farm	north-western Portugal
	Abogalheira	Porto
	Alagoa de Cima	Viana do Castelo
	Alto Arganil	Coimbra
	Alvao	Vila Real
	Arganil-Toutiço	Coimbra
	Bairro	Santarem
	Beiras	Coimbra
	Bordeira	Faro
	Branca	Offshore
	Gardunha	Castelo Branco
	Pampilhosa da Serrar	Coimbra
	Raia	Guarda
	Serra dos Candeeiros	Santarem
	Terras Altas Fafe	Braga
Spain	Adraño	Galicia
	Aguallal Ampliación	Castilla y Leon
	Alentisque	Castilla y Leon
	Alto de la Degollada	Castilla y Leon
	Banco de Trafalgar (Cádiz)	Offshore
	Barbate	Offshore
	Cabeza Morena Dueñas	Castilla-La Mancha
	Cabo de Trafalgar	Offshore
	Costa de la Luz (Cádiz)	Offshore
	Diamant	Offshore
	Hoya Gonzalo	Castilla-La Mancha
	Jaulin	Aragon
	Las Llanas de Codés	Navarra
	Mar de Trafalgar	Offshore
	Palamos	Offshore
	Punta del Gato (Huelva)	Offshore
	Roses	Offshore
	Tarragona-Castellón	Offshore
Ireland	Arklow Bank	Offshore
	Arklow Bank Phase 2	Offshore
	Colding wind farm	Offshore
	Dublin Array	Offshore
	Oriel Wind Farm	Offshore
	Skerd Rocks	Offshore
	Meentycat	Donegal
	Garvagh Glebe	Leitrim
	Boggeragh	Cork
	Castledockrell	Wexford
Germany	Adlergrund GAP	All are located in Offshore zone
	Adlergrund Nordkap
	Aiolos
	BalticEagle
	Citrin
	Diamant
	Euklas
	Innogy Nordsee
	Meerwind West
	Neptun
	Ostseeschatz
	OWP West
	Veja Mate

[ Offshore-

 construction of wind farms in large bodies of water to generate electricity. ]


Map: offshore wind farms of Denamrk

 

 

Map: Ireland's wind farms

 Tidal energy:

Countries	Name	Location
France	Rance Tidal Power Station	Brittany
Canada	Annapolis Royal Generating Station	Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
Russia	Kislaya Guba Tidal Power Station	Kislaya Guba
	Penzhin Tidal Power Plant Project	Penzhin Bay
China	Jiangxia Tidal Power Station	Wuyantou, Wenling,Zhejiang
South Korea	Uldolmok Tidal Power Station	Uldolmok, Jindo County
	Sihwa Lake Tidal Power Station (largest)	Sihwa Lake, Gyeonggi Province

  Geothermal Energy:

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Country	Name	Location
US	BLM Geothermal Plant Calistoga Power Station Dixie Valley Geothermal Power Station The Geysers Navy I Geothermal Plant Salton Sea Power Station	California California  Nevada San Francisco, California Coso Hot springs, California Calipatria, California
Philippines	Bacman Power Station I Mahanagdong Power Station Malitbog Power Station Mindanao Power Station I (and II) Palinpinon Power Station I (and II) Tiwi Power Station A, B, C Tongonan 1 Power Station Upper Mahiao Power Station	Albay  Leyte  Leyte Sultan Kudarat, Negros Oriental Albay Leyte Kananga
Indonesia	Darajat Power Station I (II and III) Kamojang Geothermal Power Plant I, II, III, IV Mount Salak Wayang Windu Geothermal Power Station	Garut West Java West Java West Java,
Italy	Serrazzano Power Station Valle Secolo power station San Martino Power Station	Val di Cecina  Pomarance San Martino in Pensilis
Iceland	Hellisheidi Power Station Krafla Power Station Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station Reykjanes Power Station Svartsengi Power Station	Hengill Krafla Thingvellir Reykjanes Keflavík
New Zealand	Kawerau Power Station Nga Awa Purua Power Station Ohaaki Power Station Wairakei Power Station	Bay of Plenty Region north of Taupo Waikato Wairakei, north of Taupo
Kenya	Olkaria I, II, III Geothermal Power Plant	Olkaria

 

Map: geothermal areas in Iceland :-

 






Bio-Energy:

[Don't find much info about plants and their location in individual country]

-Bio-energy producing countries : US, Brazil, China and UK

In India

Resource	State
Solar energy	-Rajasthan : Welspun Energy solar Project – Phalodhi -Gujarat : Mithapur Solar Power Plant – Mithapur;                   Waa Solar Power Plant – Surendranagar ;                   Charanka Solar Park – Charanka;                   Adani Power Bitta ;                   Moser Baer Clean Energy Limited – Banaskantha;                   Azure Power – Sabarkantha;                   Green Infra Solar Energy Limited- Rajkot, - West Bengal : Sagar Island in Sundarban Delta -Bay of Bengal -Uttar Pradesh : Kalyanpur in Aligarh -Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore ;                          Tata – Mayiladuthurai
Wind energy	-Gujarat : in Lamba- Asai's largest -Tamil Nadu: Muppandal Perungundi in Kanyakumari -Andhra Pradesh -Madhya Pradesh -Rajasthan -Kerala -West Bengal
Tidal energy	-The Gulf of Khambat -The Gulf of Kachchh -The Estuary of Hugli
Geothermal	-Puga Valley in J & K -Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh -Western Ghats : Maharashtra and  Gujarat -Narmada-Son Valley -Damodar Valley
Bio-Energy	-Maharashtra (largest in India) -Uttar Pradesh -Madhya Pradesh -Andhra Pradesh -Bihar -Gujarat -Karnataka