Dubai: First Solar takes Acwa PV order

Nasdaq-listed First Solar has signed an agreement to supply 2.36m photovoltaic modules to power the 200MW second phase of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Solar Park. The facility is being developed by Saudi-based Acwa Power and Spain’s TSK. First Solar modules already power the Mohammed Bin Rashid park’s 13MW first phase. They will also be installed at Jordan’s 52.5MW Shams Maan solar PV plant, which is scheduled for completion in H2 2016.