Dubai solar park’s fourth phase is 92% complete

Dubai solar park’s fourth phase is 92% complete

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) announced on Sunday that the 950-megawatt (MW) Phase 4 of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is 92 percent complete.

The DFM-listed utility said in a press statement that 417MW from Phase 4 have been connected to grid. This includes 217MW from photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, and 200MW from parabolic basins.

In November 2022, Shanghai Electric, which is the project’s EPC contractor, had announced that Trough Unit 1 of the CSP facility has started supplying electricity to the grid.

Phase 4, which is being developed under the Independent Power Producer (IPP) model at a total investment of 15.78 billion UAE dirhams ($4.3 billion), uses three hybrid technologies: 600MW from a parabolic basin complex (three units of 200MW each), 100MW from the world’s tallest solar power tower at 262.44 metres (based on Molten Salt technology), and 250MW from photovoltaic solar panels. The project will have the largest thermal storage capacity in the world of 15 hours.

Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA also inspected the 900 MW Phase 5, where 600MW has been connected to the grid, the statement said. The remaining 300MW portion is 52.9 percent complete and will be commissioned in 2023.

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