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A nuclear power plant is planned to be constructed near Sydney.The plant is required to have an installed capacity of 1200 MW andwill be operated for 7500 hours per year. Consider providing 1200MW of energy by two solar power plants; one in Sydney and the otherin Canberra. It is required that a fixed solar module be mounted.Determine the following parameters if the overall efficiency of themodule is given as 15%:

a) The peak power of the solar generator ateach site.
b) The total solar generator area for eachsite.
c) The amount of land area required at eachsite.
d) Discuss any technical, environmental,operational and financial implications of using solar power modulesat the two sites.

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Given that,

         E = 1200Mw

         r = 15%

         h = 24000Mwh

        A = ?

    PR = 0.75

A = 1200 X 1000 / 0.75 X 0.15 X 24000

     = 444.4 m2

a) P =?

   0.15 = 1200 / P

    P = 1200 / 0.15

      P = 8000MW.

c) The total area of the plant = 4444.4 + 4444.4 = 8888.8

                                          And the total plant area = 12000 m2
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