How big can solar go? These three projects show us the gigascale future • Canary Media (opens in new tab)

Julian Spector: Until recently, pacesetting solar projects were measured in the hundreds of megawatts. But panels keep getting cheaper, and developers keep getting better at installing them. As a result, power companies are undertaking projects that are bigger than anyone could have conceived five years ago. China has led the way on this with a series of installations that push past the gigawatt scale. Other countries aren’t far behind, including the US, though it hasn’t reached the gigawatt ...