Dubai

Race Heats Up For Title Of Cheapest Solar Energy In The World

Dubai has narrowly missed out on reclaiming the title of having the world’s cheapest solar photovoltaic (PV) energy, after receiving bids for the latest phase of a massive solar park on the desert outskirts of the city.

Oct 17, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, China, Asia, ACWA Power, Dubai, Tom Heggarty, mbr solar park, Abu Dhabi, Concentrated solar power

DEWA bags $0.016953/kWh tariff for 900MW of Dubai solar park

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has confirmed that it fielded a tariff of US$1.6953 cents per kWh in a recent tender for a 900MW plot of its 5GW Mohammed bin Rashid (MbR) solar parks – a bid it claims sets a world record for the indepedent power producer (IPP) model.

Oct 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Tariffs, Dewa, Asia, United Arab Emirates, Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, tenders, ACWA Power, Dubai, gulf

900MW tranche of Dubai’s MBR solar park sees bid of $0.0175/kWh

The Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) has allegedly attracted the second lowest global solar bid for a 900MW tranche of the 5GW Mohammed Rashid Al-Maktoum (MBR) solar park in Dubai.

Oct 15, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Tariffs, First Solar, Asia, tenders, ACWA Power, Dubai, UAE, mohammed rashid al-maktoum solar park, mbr solar park, gulf

Dubai’s 900 MW solar tender sees lowest bid of $0.0169/kWh

The offer was apparently submitted by Saudi energy giant ACWA Power, which refused to confirm the bid when asked by pv magazine. The second lowest bid – $0.0175/kWh – was reportedly submitted by a consortium formed by Emirati developer Masdar, French utility EDF and Chinese PV panel maker JinkoSolar.

Oct 10, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Solar to Fuel, Dewa, Masdar, tender, JinkoSolar, Dubai, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels

Solar and the chocolate factory

The latest 7 MW of net metered solar capacity in Dubai indicates 11 MW were added across ten new arrays in just nine days as the Shams initiative continues to work up a head of steam.

Sep 27, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Dewa, Asia, Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, middle east, Dubai, UAE, Nestlé, Shams

Dubai has 106 MW under net metering

Most of the generation capacity – around 63 MW – was deployed in the emirate over the last 14 months.

Sep 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Dewa, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Shams Dubai

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