Mohammed bin Rashid inaugurates the biggest CSP mission on the planet throughout the fourth part of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Photo voltaic ParkMohammed bin Rashid: The UAE has a transparent imaginative and prescient to rework itself into one of many world’s most sustainable nations
– “The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Photo voltaic Park is on the coronary heart of Dubai and the UAE’s dedication to create a world-class infrastructure for sustainability and a sturdy basis for constructing an environmentally pleasant future”- Fourth part of the photo voltaic park has a manufacturing capability of 950 MW with the usage of CSP and photovoltaic photo voltaic panels- Mission options the tallest photo voltaic tower and the biggest thermal vitality storage capability, in line with the Guinness World Data- Mission covers an space of 44 sq. kilometres, with investments totaling AED15.78 billion- Fourth part gives about 320,000 residences with clear vitality and reduces carbon emissions by about 1.6 million tonnes yearly
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has inaugurated the biggest concentrated solar energy (CSP) mission on the planet, throughout the fourth part of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Photo voltaic Park in Dubai.
The 950-megawatt (MW) fourth part is the biggest funding mission that makes use of three hybrid applied sciences: 600MW from a parabolic basin complicated, 100MW from the CSP tower, and 250MW from photovoltaic photo voltaic panels. Constructed at an funding of AED15.78 billion, utilizing the impartial energy producer (IPP) mannequin, the mission options the tallest photo voltaic tower on the planet, at 263.126 metres, and the biggest thermal vitality storage capability with a capability of 5,907 megawatt hours (MWh), in line with the Guinness World Data.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai stated: “The UAE has a transparent imaginative and prescient to rework itself into one of many world’s most sustainable nations. Our journey in direction of sustainability is complete, encompassing superior clear vitality tasks throughout various renewable sources, and revolutionary options built-in into numerous spheres of the financial system and society. The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Photo voltaic Park is on the coronary heart of Dubai and the UAE’s dedication to create a world-class infrastructure for sustainability and a sturdy basis for constructing an environmentally pleasant future. Coming on the fruits of the UAE’s Yr of Sustainability, the launch of the fourth part of the Photo voltaic Park is a vital milestone in our sustainability journey. Our success in creating the world’s largest concentrated photo voltaic mission underscores our willpower to advance local weather motion and aligns with the targets of the UN Local weather Change convention COP28, which the UAE is at present internet hosting. Pushed by the goals of the UAE’s Web Zero by 2050 Technique, we proceed to broaden our sustainable vitality combine and embrace renewable and various energies, shaping not solely our nation’s future but additionally contributing considerably to the worldwide effort to fight local weather change. Our dedication to sustainability is a testomony to our resolve to contribute to fostering a resilient and affluent future for all of humanity.”
HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, was accompanied by His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, First Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the UAE; His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Vitality; His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Ports and Borders Safety Council and a variety of ministers, director generals of Dubai authorities departments and senior officers.
HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was welcomed by HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electrical energy and Water Authority (DEWA).
HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was briefed concerning the mission by His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electrical energy and Water Authority (DEWA). The fourth part of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Photo voltaic Park, which covers an space of 44 sq. kilometres, makes use of three hybrid applied sciences: 600MW from a parabolic basin complicated, 100MW from the CSP tower, and 250MW from photovoltaic photo voltaic panels. The mission options 70,000 heliostats that observe the solar’s motion. The Molten Salt Receiver (MSR) on high of the solar energy tower is the core and crucial a part of the CSP plant. It receives photo voltaic radiation and turns it into thermal vitality. The MSR incorporates over 1,000 skinny tubes that allow the absorption of sunrays and their switch to the molten salt inside these tubes. This mission will present roughly 320,000 residences with clear and sustainable vitality. It would scale back carbon emissions by about 1.6 million tonnes yearly, enhancing Dubai’s place as a number one world hub in clear, renewable vitality and local weather motion.
HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer stated: “His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, has emphasised that the UAE’s dedication to defending the setting and supporting world motion to attain sustainability is agency, steady, and efficient for the advantage of its individuals and the service of humanity. Moreover, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has continuously reiterated the UAE’s willpower to be on the forefront of worldwide efforts to create a extra sustainable future for all of humanity by taking concrete motion to transition to renewable energies. On the Dubai Electrical energy and Water Authority, we observe the imaginative and prescient and directives of the management to extend the share of unpolluted and renewable vitality sources to attain the targets of the UAE Web Zero by 2050 Strategic Initiative and the Dubai Web Zero Carbon Emissions Technique 2050. We’ve already achieved the interim targets of this technique in file time.”
Al Tayer defined in his speech on the inauguration that the fourth part of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Photo voltaic Park was based mostly on the directives of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to implement this mission to be a worldwide landmark that units increased requirements of excellence than comparable tasks worldwide. He emphasised that this mission wouldn’t have been potential with out His Highness’s assist to implement the mission in line with world-leading benchmarks of effectivity and efficiency. The mission options the tallest CSP tower and the biggest single-site thermal vitality storage on the planet, in addition to the bottom price to supply renewable vitality around the clock.
“The imaginative and prescient and directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to boost the share of unpolluted and renewable vitality, have contributed to creating Dubai a worldwide hub for the inexperienced financial system and a worldwide function mannequin within the sustainable transition to wash vitality.
This has been achieved by means of pioneering methods and tasks pushed by superior analysis and improvement, Fourth Industrial Revolution applied sciences, digital transformation, and the newest renewable and clear vitality applied sciences. By way of the IPP mannequin, DEWA has achieved the bottom world costs, making Dubai a benchmark for photo voltaic vitality mission costs worldwide,” stated Al Tayer.
“The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Photo voltaic Park helps the efforts of the UAE, which has one of many world’s largest investments in clear vitality tasks, and is at present internet hosting the UN Local weather Change convention, COP28, in Expo Metropolis Dubai. This underlines the UAE’s agency dedication to sustainable improvement and defending the setting and pure sources for us and for generations to return. The photo voltaic park whose present capability has reached 2,627MW, is the cornerstone to attain the Dubai Clear Vitality Technique 2050 and the Dubai Web Zero Carbon Emissions Technique 2050 to offer 100% of the vitality manufacturing capability from clear vitality sources by 2050,” added Al Tayer.
Al Tayer recommended the efforts of DEWA’s companions in implementing this pioneering mission in line with the very best worldwide requirements and utilizing essentially the most superior applied sciences. A consortium led by DEWA and Saudi Arabi’s ACWA Energy established Noor Vitality 1 as a mission firm to design, construct, and function the fourth part of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Photo voltaic Park. DEWA holds a 51% stake within the firm, ACWA Energy holds 25%, and the Chinese language Silk Street Fund owns 24%.
“Guided by the management and imaginative and prescient of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai is paving the best way for a sustainable future. It’s remodeling into a worldwide centre for inexperienced financial system by persevering with its efforts to attain the targets of the Dubai Clear Vitality Technique 2050. Inaugurating the world’s largest single-site CSP plant throughout COP28 demonstrates our dedication to our technique to extend the usage of clear and renewable vitality sources. The mission can be a big milestone in DEWA’s success, and we’re proud to be part of it. That is a part of our long-term partnership that we started within the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Photo voltaic Park, resulting in the opening of the fourth part we’re witnessing at the moment in Noor Vitality 1 mission,” stated Mohammad Abunayyan, Chairman of ACWA Energy.
“We’re pleased with our contribution to reaching the formidable imaginative and prescient of the management in cooperation with our companions in DEWA. Our key function, by means of the qualitative tasks that we function and handle in UAE, confirms the extent of the efforts, experience and monetary capabilities of our companions in DEWA and the Silk Street Fund. Collectively, we have now been in a position to set new requirements for CSP era utilizing the newest technological improvements on this mission, such because the photo voltaic tower expertise and parabolic panels that use CSP to supply vitality 24 hours a day. Moreover, the plant’s capability is enhanced with photovoltaic photo voltaic panels to supply 950 megawatts. That is the one single-site mission on the planet that features all these applied sciences. It additionally options the biggest photo voltaic vitality storage capability on the planet,” added Abunayyan.
“By way of collaboration and innovation, we pave the best way for sustainable vitality options that push boundaries and drive progress. As we have fun the opening of Noor Vitality 1, we affirm our dedication to a brighter and cleaner future for future generations,” stated ZHU Jun, Chairwoman of Silk Street Fund.
“We’re honoured to be a part of this large cooperation between DEWA and ACWA Energy. Collectively, we’re setting a brand new customary for innovation and sustainability. This achievement is a milestone within the improvement of sustainable vitality within the area and confirms the dedication to selling vitality options. The profitable completion of this mission is a testomony to the dedication and experience of all companions and units a commendable precedent for future renewable vitality initiatives,” added ZHU Jun.
Three mixed applied sciencesThe fourth part of the Photo voltaic Park makes use of three hybrid applied sciences to supply clear vitality: 600MW from a parabolic basin complicated (three items of 200MW every), 100MW from the world’s tallest solar energy tower (based mostly on Molten Salt expertise), and 250MW from photovoltaic photo voltaic panels. The Molten Salt Receiver (MSR) on high of the solar energy tower is the core and most vital a part of the CSP plant. It receives photo voltaic radiation and turns it into thermal vitality. The MSR incorporates over 1,000 skinny tubes that allow the absorption of solar rays and their switch to the molten salt inside these tubes.
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