Dubai, UAE – Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has added 200 MW of clean energy from the fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park ahead of schedule.
With this addition, the solar park’s current production capacity is now at 2,327MW using photovoltaic solar panels and Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technologies, which is about 15.7 percent of Dubai’s total production capacity of energy.
The solar park will provide clean energy to over 270,000 residences in Dubai and reduce 1.18 million tonnes of carbon emissions annually.
DEWA aims to achieve the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 and the Dubai Net Zero Carbon Emissions Strategy 2050, which aim to provide 100 percent of Dubai’s total power capacity from clean energy sources by 2050.
To achieve this goal, DEWA is implementing a number of projects at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, which is the largest single-site solar park in the world using the Independent Power Producer (IPP) model, with investments totaling AED 50 billion ($14 billion).
DEWA achieved a world record by receiving the lowest bid (levelized cost) of USD 1.6953 cents per kWh for the 900MW fifth phase of the solar park in 2020. The 6th phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, using photovoltaic solar panels, will become operational in stages between 2024 and 2026.