List of megaprojects
Name Capacity ( MW ) Location Notes
Ivanpah Solar Power Facility 392 Mojave Desert , California , USA Operational since February 2014 . Located southwest of Las Vegas
Solar Energy Generating Systems 354 Mojave Desert , California , USA Commissioned between 1984 and 1991 . Collection of 9 units
Mojave Solar Project 280 Barstow , California , USA Completed December 2014
Solana Generating Station 280 Gila Bend , Arizona , USA Completed October 2013 Includes a 6h thermal energy storage
Genesis Solar Energy Project 250 Blythe , California , USA Completed April 2014
Energy projects
See also : Oil megaprojects , List of largest power stations in the world , and List of photovoltaic power stations Main article : Nuclear power in the European Union EDF has said its third-generation EPR Flamanville 3 project ( seen here in 2010 ) will be delayed until 2018 , due to `` both structural and economic reasons , '' and the project 's total cost has climbed to EUR 11 billion in 2012 . [ 13 ] Similarly , the cost of the EPR being built at Olkiluoto , Finland has escalated dramatically , and the project is well behind schedule . The initial low cost forecasts for these megaprojects exhibited `` optimism bias '' . [ 14 ] Three Gorges Dam , the largest hydro-electric facility in the world , China . China will spend $ 370 billion in 2015–25 on atomic energy [ 15 ] Kemper Project , or Kemper County Energy Facility , is the world 's first construction attempt of an Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle plant with Carbon Capture & Sequestration . [ 16 ] However , after significant delays and cost overruns , the gasification process is currently suspended and the power plant runs just on regular natural gas . Boundary Dam Power Station , the world 's first large-scale , coal-fired Carbon Capture & Storage plant . [ 17 ] Tres Amigas SuperStation , an interconnection to connect the Eastern Interconnection to the Western Interconnection and the Texas Interconnection , planned to be completed in the late 2010s . This will effectively connect nearly all electrical grids in North America . Olkiluoto 3 , a nuclear power-plant in Eurajoki , Finland , planned to be completed in 2021 . [ 18 ] Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Generating Station , was a project to construct some of the first new nuclear units in the United States in over 30 years , at an existing nuclear power plant in Jenkinsville , South Carolina . The project was cancelled and all work stopped in July , 2017 . [ 19 ] Vogtle Electric Generating Plant , is a project to construct two new nuclear units at an existing nuclear power plant in Waynesboro , Georgia . The Panamanian Natural Gas electric power plant , is a project with an investment of 1.15 billion US dollars located in Colon province . It is also meant as a port for supplying Natural Gas to other Central American countries . [ 20 ] World 's largest photovoltaic power stations as of 2017 Name Capacity ( MW ) Location Year CompletedInfo Longyangxia Dam Solar Park 850 Qinghai , China 2015 Kamuthi Solar Power Project 648 Kamuthi , India 2016 Solar Star I and II 579 USA 2015 Topaz Solar Farm 550 California , USA 2014 Desert Sunlight Solar Farm 550 California , USA 2015 California Valley Solar Ranch 292 California , USA 2013 Agua Caliente Solar Project 290 Arizona , USA 2014
This is a list of megaprojects. Megaprojects are temporary endeavours (i.e. projects) characterized by: large investment commitment, vast complexity (especially in organizational terms), and long-lasting impact on the economy, the environment, and society. The number of such projects is so large that the list may never be fully completed.