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.
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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.
I started covering the solar energy industry seriously in 2009. It seemed like a hopping, exciting time in the industry — growth was exploding. I remember one early story in which readers admonished me a little because I put “Solar Power Exploding” in a headline, and they thought I was referring to genuine explosions. In 2019, 2009 and 2010 progress looks like anthills.
This is the question that Global EVRT’s groundbreaking eMobility Forum Dubai seeks to consider on January 24 as it brings together key leaders, influencers, and decision-makers from business, industry, and government to accelerate the transition to electric mobility.
New regional research by GTM Research focusing on the Middle East and Africa (MEA) has forecast solar installations to skyrocket by 170% this year and continue accelerating to install more than 83 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity between 2018 and 2023.
At The Mobility Conference in Abu Dhabi, UAE — a collaboration between Global EVRT, CleanTechnica, and Masdar — CleanTechnica Director Zach Shahan interviewed UAE Minister of Energy and Industry Suhail Mohamed Faraj Al Mazrouei about the future of transport and the UAE’s leadership in e-mobility and renewable energy.
The next quarter of solar PV demand will be the lowest since 2015, according to new figures from GTM Research, due “almost entirely” to China’s recent decision to end its utility solar Feed-in Tariff scheme and cap distributed generation at 10 gigawatts (GW).