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HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electrical energy and Water Authority (DEWA), introduced that Dubai’s clear power manufacturing capability has reached 2,027 megawatts (MW) utilizing photovoltaic solar energy (PV) and concentrated solar energy (CSP) ). That is about 14% of Dubai’s whole electrical energy manufacturing capability of 14,517 MW. The announcement was made throughout Al Tayer’s go to to the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Photo voltaic Park, which is being carried out by DEWA. It’s the largest single-site photo voltaic park on the planet utilizing the Unbiased Energy Producer (IPP) mannequin. It has a manufacturing capability of 5,000 MW by 2030, utilizing photovoltaic photo voltaic panels and CSP applied sciences.
Al Tayer reviewed the progress of labor on the fourth part of the park, the place 417MW shall be related to the DEWA grid. This contains 217MW from photovoltaic photo voltaic panels, and 200MW from CSP utilizing parabolic basins. The fourth part of the photo voltaic park is 92% full. Al Tayer met with DEWA’s Emirati staff who’re being educated in clear power tasks within the 4th part of the photo voltaic park. This spherical was executed by Noor Power 1. DEWA owns 51% of the corporate whereas ACWA Energy holds 25%, and Silk Highway Fund owns 24%.
Al Tayer additionally inspected the fifth part of the photo voltaic park the place DEWA related 600MW to its grid. The fifth part has a complete capability of 900MW and investments of AED 2.058 billion. The 300MW third venture within the fifth part is 52.9% full and shall be commissioned in 2023. It makes use of the newest photo voltaic photovoltaic bifacial applied sciences with Single Axis Monitoring to extend power manufacturing. It can present clear power for greater than 270,000 properties in Dubai and scale back 1.18 million tons of carbon emissions yearly.
“We’re working in accordance with the imaginative and prescient and directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to advertise sustainability and the transition in the direction of a sustainable inexperienced economic system. We’ll obtain this by diversifying power sources and rising the share of renewable and clear power in Dubai’s power combine. It has achieved the Dubai Clear Power Technique 2050 and Dubai Web Zero Carbon Emissions Technique 2050 to offer 100% of Dubai’s whole electrical energy manufacturing capability from clear power sources by 2050. Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Photo voltaic Park is crucial clear power venture carried out by DEWA to realize ot this objective and consolidate Dubai’s place as a sensible and sustainable metropolis in addition to a most well-liked vacation spot for residing, working, investing, and go to,” stated Al Tayer.
“Since its launch, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Photo voltaic Park has obtained numerous curiosity from world builders, displaying the boldness of traders from world wide in DEWA’s main tasks with the personal sector utilizing the Unbiased Energy mannequin Producer (IPP). By means of this mannequin, DEWA has attracted round AED 40 billion in funding and obtained the bottom world photo voltaic power worth (levelized price) 5 instances in a row, making in Dubai which is a world benchmark for photo voltaic power costs,” added Al Tayer.
The 4th part of the photo voltaic park, with a capability of 950 MW and investments price AED 15.78 billion based on the IPP mannequin, is the most important single-site photo voltaic CSP plant on the planet. It combines CSP and photo voltaic photovoltaic applied sciences. This part makes use of three hybrid applied sciences: 600MW from a parabolic basin complicated (three models of 200MW every), 100MW from the best solar energy tower on the planet at 262.44 meters (based mostly on Molten Salt expertise) , and 250MW from photovoltaic photo voltaic panels. Upon its completion, the venture can have the most important warmth storage capability on the planet of 15 hours, permitting for the supply of power across the clock. The fourth part will present clear power for almost 320,000 properties and scale back 1.6 million tons of carbon emissions yearly.
