Dubai: Third MBR PV tender


Issue 1001 - 07 Oct 2015 | 1 minute read

Expressions of interest were expected by end-September to install 800MW of photovoltaic power at Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Solar Park under a 25-year power purchase agreement, with commissioning expected from 2018. Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) plans for the park’s capacity to reach 3GW by 2030. This is the third tender for the project: the 13MW phase one went online in April 2013, and work by Saudi-based ACWA Power and Spain’s TSK, using First Solar modules, is under way on the 200MW phase two.

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