The world's largest solar power plant recently began production in Bavaria, a state in the south of Germany. Covering an area of 77 hectares, the power plant cost 70 million euros to build and has the capacity to generate 12 mega watts, enough electricity for 3,500 households.

With more than 1,400 mobile electrical boards that absorb heat as they move with the sun, the power generation capacity of this power plant is 35 percent greater than other solar plants.

The UVS, the German solar energy association, said the investment into solar energy in 2005 had amounted to 3.7 billion euros and solar energy accounted for 1 percent of the country's total energy output, but the figure will increase to 5 percent.

By People's Daily Online