Solar Energy for 1,800 households in Germany

The world’s biggest solar power plant was inaugurated in the German town of Espenhain Wednesday. A world leader in developing and promoting renewable energy, Germany's fostering a boom in the solar technology market.

Germany Opens World's Biggest Solar Plant

Yes it can be done.

Tucked away behind trees in the middle of the countryside, the Leipziger Land solar power plant Wednesday in the eastern German village of Espenhain is invisible from the road. It’s only when you drive through the gate and onto the site itself that you’re confronted with a vast field full of 33,500 shimmering gray panels tilted towards the sun at precisely 30 degrees -- the optimum angle for absorbing radiation.