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Yes, there are large solar farms and solar power stations successfully in use, and millions of homes around the world use solar power to heat their water.
Solar panels (PV, photovoltaic) are used to change sunlight into electricity, which can be stored in batteries or connected to the electricity grid.
Concentrated solar power plants (CSP) usually use a series of mirrors to focus the sun's rays on a tower where something like water, or molten salt is heated to several hundred degrees Celsius. This heat then generates electricity by steam turbines.
The three largest CSP plants are:
- Mohave Desert, California, 354 MW
- Solnova, Spain, 150 MW
- Andasol, Spain, 150 MW
The largest PV plants so far are:
- Agua Caliente, USA, 220 MW
- Charanka, India, 214 MW
Germany has been particularly successful in encouraging domestic PV connections. As of 31st of October 2012, there were 31.62 GW (gigawatts) of photovoltaics connected to the electrical power network.
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