Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park Dewa Dubai

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.

Mohammad bin rashid al maktoum solar park dewa dubai. It will generate 1 000mw by 2020 and 5 000mw by 2. Masdar as part of a consortium is developing the third phase of the mohammed bin rashid al maktoum mbr solar park. With a capacity of 1 963 megawatts phases one to four alone put the mohammed bin rashid al maktoum solar park high on the list of largest capacity solar parks in development around the world. Phase one of the solar park with an installed capacity of 13mw started operations in october 2013.

This is the first time this award was given to a renewable energy project in the region. The plant was implemented by the dubai electricity and water authority dewa. 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. The mohammed bin rashid al maktoum solar park contributed to dewa winning the best sustainable project of the year in the uae at the 2014 meed quality awards.

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. Dubai electricity and water authority dewa is implementing the mohammed bin rashid al maktoum solar park which enhances the sustainable development of dubai and supports the dubai clean energy strategy 2050 to make dubai a global hub for clean energy and green economy. The first phase of the solar park in seih al dahal about 50km south of the city of dubai was the 13 mw solar farm that had been constructed by first solar in 2013. 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 mohammed bin rashid al maktoum solar park is the largest single site project of its kind in the world. The first phase of the project was commissioned on 22 october 2013.