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Abu Dhabi inaugurates Al Dhafra solar park: Renewables giant Masdar, Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa), France's EDF Renewables, China's JinkoPower, and Emirates Water and Electricity Company (Ewec) inaugurated the 2 GW Al Dhafra Solar Independent Power Project (IPP), which the say is the world's largest single-site solar project, according to a statement released last week. The project will offset over 2.4 mn tons of carbon emissions annually.
More about the project: Taqa owns 40% of the project and Masdar, EDF Renewables and JinkoPower each hold 20%, according to Ewec. Following the signing of the power purchase agreement with project partners back in July 2020, seven undisclosed international banks agreed to finance the solar park. The project set the most competitive tariffs for solar power at the time, landing on AED 4.85 fils/kWh (USD 1.32 cents/kWh).
IN OTHER UAE SOLAR NEWS- Dewa to launch a pilot battery project: The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) plans to debut a project to store energy from solar PV panels at the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park next year, AlBayan reported last week. Dewa is currently conducting a study to decide on the project's storage capacity, which is expected to be between 500 MW and 1 GW.
AND THERE’S MORE- More CSP comes online at Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park: Dewa has awarded the initial commercial operations certificate to Acwa Power for the 200 MW second unit of the parabolic basin complex in Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park’s fourth phase, according to a Tadawul filing on Sunday.
About the fourth phase: The 950 MW fourth phase — which is being built by Dewa and a KSA Acwa Power-led consortium that includes the Chinese Silk Road Fund — is the largest single-site project in the world that brings together Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) and photovoltaic technologies, Dewa said. The phase uses the Independent Power Producer (IPP) model with investments of up to AED c.16 bn. It is expected to power 320k households and slash carbon emissions by 1.6 mn tonnes annually, Dewa added.
