Dubai S Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park
Saudi energy giant acwa and the dubai water and electricity authority dewa have reached financial close on the fourth phase of the 5 gw mohammed bin rashid maktoum solar park.
Dubai s mohammed bin rashid al maktoum solar park. Phase 3 comprises 800 megawatts mw and is part of what will be the largest single site solar park in the world with a planned capacity of 5 000mw by 2030. The mohammed bin rashid al maktoum solar park is the largest single site solar park in the world based on the independent power producer ipp model. Funds for the aed. It is equipped with 152 880 first solar fs series 3 black pv modules and produces 24 million kilowatts per hour of electricity a year serving roughly 600 homes and displacing more than 15 000t of co 2.
Phase i of the landmark mohammed bin rashid al maktoum solar park represents the first stage of dubai s energy diversification strategy the cornerstone of an ambitious plan to generate as much as 1 gigawatt gw of the emirate s electricity from sunlight the plant was at the time of its inauguration in october 2013 the largest facility of its kind in the region. The 800mw third phase of the mohammed bin rashid al maktoum solar park will be operational in april the dubai electricity and water authority dewa revealed on saturday. Mohammed bin rashid al maktoum solar park is a solar park spread over a total area of 77 km 2 in saih al dahal about 50 kilometers south of the city of dubai. The plant was implemented by the dubai electricity and water authority dewa.
It has a planned production capacity of 5 000 mw by 2030 with investments totaling aed 50 billion. The strategy aims to provide 75 of dubai s total power output from clean energy by 2050. The first phase of the project was commissioned on 22 october 2013. The dubai water and electricity authority dewa has made the first step to implement the fifth phase of the ambitious mohammed bin rashid al maktoum solar park the largest solar project in the.
Phase one of the solar park with an installed capacity of 13mw started operations in october 2013. Naming the solar park as one of the uae pioneers drives us to continue our efforts to achieve the vision and directives of his highness sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum which guides us in all our projects and initiatives and achieve the objectives of the dubai clean energy strategy 2050 which aims to produce 75 of dubai s total power output from clean energy by 2050 added al tayer.