Mohammed Bin Rashid Solar Park Phase 1

1st phase 13mw using photovoltaic solar panels the 13mw first phase became operational on 22 october 2013 comprising around 152 000 photovoltaic cells connected to 13 transformers in inverter buildings.

Mohammed bin rashid solar park phase 1. The largest single site solar park in the world. Funds for the aed. 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. Mohammed bin rashid al maktoum solar park phase ii dubai.

The mohammed bin rashid al maktoum solar park spreads over a total area of 77 km 2 in seih al dahal about 50km south of dubai. The solar park was announced by mohammed bin rashid al maktoum vice president and prime minister of the uae and ruler of dubai in january 2012. The first phase of the park was a 13 mw p solar farm dewa 13 constructed by first solar. Developed under the build own operate boo mode the project is the biggest solar power plant in the middle east.

It was commissioned on 22 october 2013. The 200mw phase two of the mohammed bin rashid al maktoum solar park was commissioned in march 2017. It has a planned production capacity of 5 000 mw by 2030 with investments totaling aed 50 billion. Saudi energy giant acwa and the dubai water and electricity authority dewa have reached financial close on the fourth phase of the 5 gw mohammed bin rashid maktoum solar park.

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 plant was implemented by the dubai electricity and water authority dewa with the first phase commissioned in october 2013. In january 2012 hh sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum announced the launch of the mohammed bin rashid al maktoum solar park in dubai.