Dubai: Solar complex

Dubai Electricity & Water Authority has placed a $55m order with Zurich-based ABB to build a substation that will integrate power from the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum solar park. The park is expected to cover an area of more than 40 square kilometres and produce 1,000MW of clean energy when completed in 2030. It fits in with the Dubai Integrated Energy Strategy 2030, which sees natural gas as contributing 71% of electricity, nuclear 12%, clean coal 12% and solar 5%. ABB has secured a turnkey contract, and is responsible for the design, installation, commissioning and start-up of the plant, the company said in a statement on 27 October.