Emirates News Agency (WAM)) DUBAI, (WAM) — Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), has commissioned a new 400/132 kV substation named “Shams” at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. It has a conversion capacity of 2020 megavolt-amperes (MVA) with 223 kilometres of 400kV overhead lines […]
SirajPower maximises 1.5MWp solar rooftop for Dubai fit-out firm
UAE’s distributed solar energy provider SirajPower has integrated and continually maximises Dubai-based fit-out firm Bond Interior’s newly constructed facility in Dubai Industrial City with a 1.5MWp solar rooftop system. Since 2020, the solar plant has generated 2.4 GWh of clean energy to date and has helped displaced nearly 2,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions, […]
Nestle Inaugurates First Private Solar Station in Morocco’s El Jadida
The station produces 1.7 gigawatts of electricity per year, a project in line with Morocco’s renewable energy goals. Rabat: Nestle Morocco inaugurated today its first private station in the city of El Jadida, near Casablanca. The station covers a land of 7,000 square meters adjacent to the company’s factory. The solar station operates some 2,600 […]
UAE solar capacity to increase fourfold by end of 2025 thanks to ‘robust’ development pipeline
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is capable of reaching its renewable energy targets thanks to a “robust” development pipeline of solar projects, new research from Rystad Energy suggests. Installed solar PV is expected to increase fourfold from now to the end of 2025, increasing from its 2.1GW level to reach 8.5GW, when it will represent […]
Dubai plans world-class waste-to-energy plant run by Itochu
Half of the city’s trash to be converted to electricity, serving 140,000 households TOKYO : Japanese trading house Itochu and engineering company Hitachi Zosen have secured an order to build and operate one of the world’s largest waste-to-energy plants in Dubai, tapping new demand in the heart of one of the world’s top oil-producing regions. […]
Desert heat will help keep lights on in Dubai after sunset
Swedish company Azelio AB will provide energy storage facilities for an expansion project at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. One of the world’s biggest solar parks in Dubai has hired Azelio AB to turn desert heat into electricity after sundown. The Swedish company will provide energy storage facilities for an expansion project […]
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park launches third phase in Dubai
800MW facility provides clean energy to more than 240,000 residences in Dubai Dubai : The third phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai, is one of the largest solar projects in the world. It has a capacity of 800MW using photovoltaic solar panels and provides clean energy for over 240,000 […]
KSA Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai Announces Completion of Construction
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, which began construction in February 2019, announced today the close of construction and complete readiness for the landmark World Expo – the first in the Arab region – set to take place in October 2021. The iconic Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Pavilion will be second […]
Abengoa advances in the construction of the world’s largest concentrated solar power complex in Dubai
The company has just celebrated the completion of the first solar field of the three 200 MW parabolic trough plants which is building in phase IV of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MBR) Solar Park, in the United Arab Emirates. Its construction has involved the installation and assembly of 2,120 collectors, each weighing 40 […]
Sungrow joins 900-MW solar project in Dubai as inverter supplier
Chinese solar inverter maker Sungrow Power Supply Co Ltd (SHE:300274) will supply its equipment for the 900-MW phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar complex in Dubai. The company said it has singed an agreement with Shanghai Electric Group Co (SHA:601727), the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the fifth phase of […]