{"id":74137,"date":"2022-09-28T01:54:36","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T01:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2022\/09\/28\/its-a-sunny-day-in-mena-as-al-jubail-desalination-plant-decarbonizs-and-abu-dhabi-connects-2-gw-plant-to-grid\/"},"modified":"2022-09-28T01:54:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T01:54:36","slug":"its-a-sunny-day-in-mena-as-al-jubail-desalination-plant-decarbonizs-and-abu-dhabi-connects-2-gw-plant-to-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2022\/09\/28\/its-a-sunny-day-in-mena-as-al-jubail-desalination-plant-decarbonizs-and-abu-dhabi-connects-2-gw-plant-to-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a sunny day in MENA, as Al Jubail desalination plant decarbonizs and Abu Dhabi connects 2 GW plant to grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-07\"><\/a> <strong>Cable manufacturer <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ducab.com\/\">Ducab Group<\/a><\/strong><strong> will connect the<\/strong><strong> 2 GW <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/masdar.ae\/en\/masdar-clean-energy\/projects\/al-dhafra-solar-pv\">Al Dhafra solar plant<\/a><\/strong><strong> to <\/strong><strong>the national <\/strong><strong>grid<\/strong>, WAM <a href=\"https:\/\/wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303087317\">reported<\/a> yesterday. The cable manufacturer was awarded an engineering, procurement & contracting (EPC) contract to connect the world\u2019s largest solar plant to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transco.ae\/\">TRANSCO<\/a> grid \u2014 the Abu Dhabi Transmission and Despatch Company. When the Dhafra facility comes online, it will provide electricity for approximately 160k homes using 3.5 mn solar panels. The company did not disclose financial information on the project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OVER IN KSA, Al Jubail desalination plant will install panels to supply it with 110 MW of <\/strong><strong>solar energy<\/strong>, the Saudi Press Agency <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3UH6ogb\">reported<\/a> Monday. The Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) will install some of the solar panels on water to reduce the facility\u2019s energy consumption to 2.16 KWh per cubic meter, down from 2.7 KWh. The PV cells will reduce carbon emissions while cutting down on operational costs. 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