Dubai mega solar project to be finished in 2027 and could be scaled back – Policy

A price range replace issued by the utility growing the mammoth photo voltaic park taking form in Dubai has introduced ahead the completion date by three years and hints closely at a scaling again of its era capability.

The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Photo voltaic Park reached 1,627 MW of era capability in July and is meant to have a complete 5 GW by 2030.

Nevertheless, a price range replace issued by the Dubai Electrical energy and Water Authority (Dewa) final week indicated the utility has put aside solely round AED 12 billion ($3.27 billion) “to finish the unbiased energy producer (IPP) initiatives within the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Photo voltaic Park” – plus two different infrastructure websites – “within the subsequent 5 years.”

If correct, that will imply completion of the huge photo voltaic subject halfway via 2027.

The fee estimates would additionally point out 5 GW of photovoltaic and concentrating solar energy (CSP) era capability can be unlikely by that stage.

Dewa has beforehand indicated a complete price range of AED 50 billion for the large undertaking. pv journal has tracked introduced expenditure of AED 22.7 billion for phases two to 5 of the undertaking, the final two of that are nonetheless below development.

Whereas there would have been extra funding for the modest, 13 MW first section of the photo voltaic park accomplished in 2013, a closing invoice of AED 50 billion would imply round AED 27.3 billion nonetheless being anticipated, much less the first-phase prices. The very fact Dewa will break up AED 12 billion between the photo voltaic subject and two different initiatives – to finish all three – would suggest a scaling again of ambition.

The fourth and fifth phases of the Dubai subject have been in July mentioned to anticipate an additional 1,233 MW of photo voltaic and CSP capability, together with a photo voltaic tower and parabolic trough which have been the topic of delays.