Dubai to launch second phase of solar park

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) will soon launch a 200MW Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, the second phase of a project that aims to generate 1,000MW of clean electricity by 2030, according to the head of the authority.

Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, managing director and chief executive officer of Dewa, said the project is a part of the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050, under which the emirate seeks to derive 7% of its total power requirements from clean energy sources by 2020, 25% by 2030, and 75% by 2050.

Dewa intends to build the largest CSP project in the world using the Independent Power Producer (IPP) model, Al Tayer said, and has already invited tender bids from leading international CSP consultants for advisory services for the 200MW second phase of the CSP plant, which will be operational by April 2021.