EDF Renewables and JinkoPower entered into a 30-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with EWEC for the Al Dhafra project in July 2020. Emirates Water and Electricity Company (Ewec) has revealed that construction work on the 2,000MW solar plant in Al Dhafra region is under way, with the photovoltaic (PV) power project expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2022 taking Abu Dhabi’s solar capacity to 3,200MW. (Photo: Godong/Universal Images Group Plans to develop the world’s largest solar power plant in the deserts of the Gulf have been given the go-ahead, with the authorities in the UAE awarding the project to a multinational consortium on July 26.The state-owned Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) has awarded the contract for the 2GW plant to Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa), another local firm Masdar, French utility company EDF and China’s JinkoPower. The solar project will utilise crystalline, bifocal photovoltaic cells to capture sunlight from both ends for a higher generation of power. Emirates Water & Electricity Company (Ewec) has invited developers to submit expressions of interest (EOIs) for a 2GW photovoltaic (PV) solar plant at a site in the Al-Dhafra area of Abu Dhabi.

Financial close is expected in the third quarter of this year, with the first power due to come on-stream in the first half of 2022.Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.I write about business and politics in the Middle East and beyond It will be almost double the size of the approximately 1.2GW Noor Abu Dhabi solar plant, amongst the largest operational solar PV plants in the world, which commenced commercial operations in April 2019. The Al Dhafra solar project is a 2GW PV solar power generation facility being developed in Abu Dhabi, UAE. However, when bids for the scheme were submitted Abu Dhabi is already home to one very large solar power plant, the 1.2GW Noor Abu Dhabi which started commercial operations in April last year. Emirates Water & Electricity Company (Ewec) was preparing to open proposals during a public read-out on 18 March. The other components of the solar farm will include inverters, connection to the transmission network, and associated infrastructure facilities. PARIS, July 27 (Reuters) - A consortium formed by French state-controlled power group EDF EDF.PA and its Chinese partner Jinko Power Technology has been awarded the Al Dhafra solar project … Jasim Husain Thabet, CEO and MD of ADPower, said: “Abu Dhabi has illustrated a remarkable step-change in the way the emirate generates power through an enhanced focus on sustainability and renewable technologies.” Image courtesy of Emirates Water and Electricity Company. The Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) announced that it has awarded the 2 GW Al Dhafra solar PV project to a consortium comprising Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA), Masdar, JinkoPower, and EDF.

Due to this change if you are seeing this message for the first time please make sure you reset your password using the The Al Dhafra solar photovoltaic (PV) power project is a 2GW independent power producer (IPP) project being developed in the Al Dhafra region of Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Earlier this month, the Kuwaiti Assuming Abu Dhabi’s Al Dhafra plant moves ahead as planned, it is expected to provide enough energy to power 160,000 households and reduce Abu Dhabi’s carbon dioxide emissions by some 2.4 million tonnes a year, equivalent to taking 470,000 cars off the road.The two local companies, Taqa and Masdar, will together hold 60% of the company, with the remaining 40% shared between their international partners, EDF and JinkoPower. The electricity output of the project will be at AED4.97 fils/kWh ($1.35 cents/kWh) on a levelised electricity cost (LEC) basis which is approximately 44% lower than the The Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) awarded the design, financing, construction, operation, and maintenance contract for the Al Dhafra solar power project to theTAQA- Masdar-EDF-Jinko Power consortium in July 2020.The 2GW PV project will be the biggest solar power facility in the UAE by surpassing the 1.2GW Noor Abu Dhabi solar power project that commenced operations in April 2019.EWECreceive 48 expressions of interest in July 2019 as part of a tendering process initiated for the Al Dhafra solar project in February 2019. We have recently upgraded our technology platform. The $1.4bn project, which was due … Image courtesy of Masdar.A consortium of TAQA, Masdar, EDF and Jinko Power was awarded the contract for the AlDhafra solar project.

After conducting a detailed technical evaluation for the proposals, the TAQA-Masdar-EDF-Jinko Power consortium, which quoted the lowest tariff rate, was finally awarded the contract to finance, develop and operate the project in July 2020. EWEC replaced the earlier Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Company (ADWEC) that was merged within the Ministry of Energy in 2018. Hence the rush to develop large solar schemes and, more controversially, However, not all schemes are progressing as hoped. Also run by Taqa, it claims to be the world’s largest operational single-project solar PV plant. The planned public opening of commercial tariffs for the planned 1.5GW Al-Dhafra photovoltaic (PV) solar project has been postponed due to the precautions being undertaken for the corona virus covid-19. The solar project is being developed through public-private partnership (PPP) by a consortium comprising Abu Dhabi based public-owned major companies TAQA and Masdar that hold a combined stake of 60%, while the remaining 40% stake in the consortium is jointly held by France-based EDF Renewables and China’s Jinko Power Technology.

Owned by Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Power Corporation (ADPower), the Al Dhafra facility will be one of the world’s biggest solar PV solar farms at a single site.