Dubai 900 Megawatt Solar PV Tender Attracts 64 Companies
A tender for the fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai has attracted huge interest, on expected lines.
A tender for the fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai has attracted huge interest, on expected lines.
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has expressed its intention to set up floating solar power projects in the Arabian Gulf. The company has issued a Request for Proposal to study the feasibility of such projects.
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power announced the financial closing of the 950 megawatt concentrated solar power project in Dubai.
Within days of Abu Dhabi issuing an Expression of Interest for 2 gigawatts of capacity for a new solar power park, Dubai has issued a tender for the fifth phase of its Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.
Dubai is building a demonstration plant that will use solar power to create hydrogen which will be used to power zero emissions vehicles in its public transportation fleet. If successful, it could expand the production of hydrogen from solar power in the future.
As a lead-up to the upcoming Middle East Electric Vehicle Road Trip (EVRT) (which CleanTechnica is a media partner for), which is kicking off from The Mobility Conference (which CleanTechnica is also a media partner on), Dubai radio station Dubai Eye interviewed Global EVRT Cofounder & Managing Director Ben Pullen. You can listen to the interview on the Dubai Eye 103.8 website, or you can just read the transcript below if you prefer that. Enjoy. And we hope to see some of you in the UAE and/or Oman next week!
New incentives meant to increase community member use of plug-in electric and hybrid vehicle use have been revealed by the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, at a recent press conference.
The Gulf emirate of Dubai announced on Saturday the contract for the mammoth Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, a 700 MW solar CSP extension awarded to a consortium made up of Chinese-based Shanghai Electric and Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power.
Dubai will soon be home to the world’s largest concentrated solar power facility. The 700 megawatt facility will cost more than $4 billion to construct. The cost of energy from the plant is set at 7.3 cents per kilowatt-hour.
Philips Lighting has become the first major international company to secure renewable electricity through renewable energy certificates in the Gulf region, one more step in the company’s goal towards sourcing 100% of its energy needs from renewable energy sources.