美國賓州東南部興建的太陽能發電廠一旦完工，將成為美國第4大太陽能發電廠，而在2008年4月開始營運後，將成為亞利桑那州東部最大的發電廠。
此項興建計劃預計將安裝超過1萬6500片太陽能電池板，佔地16.5公頃，興建地點位於佛斯鎮（Falls），鄰近美國廢棄物管制局葛洛斯掩埋地（GROWS），距離北費城約30英里。
此太陽能發電廠一旦完工，約可生產3700百萬瓦時的電力，足夠供應每年300至350戶的家庭用電，這樣的產能將可有效降低造成環境污染和酸雨的二氧化碳和二氧化硫排放量，相當於每年種植33英頃樹木所產生的效益。
A new solar energy power station is being built in southeastern Pennsylvania that will be the fourth-largest facility of its kind in the country and the largest east of Arizona when operations begin next April.
Plans call for more than 16,500 solar panels to be installed on 16.5 acres, adjacent to Waste Management’s GROWS Landfill, in Falls Township, about 30 miles north of Philadelphia.
Upon completion, the plant will produce approximately 3,700 megawatt hours of power, enough to meet the annual energy requirements of 300-350 homes. At this output, emission levels of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide that directly contribute to pollution and acid rain will be reduced by the equivalent benefit of planting 33 acres of trees every year.
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