Dubai commissions further 200 MW of flagship solar project

• Dubai Electricity and also Water Authority (DEWA) has actually connected to the grid a more 200 MW of the 5th phase of the 5-GW Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park ahead of schedule.

Now, 800 MW of the fifth phase are in operation and the service the staying capacity is underway, DEWA claimed on Monday. The 5th phase consists of a total amount of 900 MW which will be enough to provide greater than 270,000 residences in Dubai.

With the freshly commissioned section, the operational capacity of the solar park has actually gotten to 2,327 MW, including photovoltaic or pv solar and concentrated solar energy (CSP) modern technologies. This represents regarding 15.7% of the total power production capacity in Dubai, which is 14,817 MW.

The 1,800-MW sixth phase of the mega solar park will certainly start operations in stages between 2024 and 2026.

The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park is intended to get to 5 GW by the end of the decade.