Dubai's Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park now has a production capacity of 1,827 megawatts, officials announced on Monday.
The facility, being built by the emirate's electricity and water authority, is planned to have a total capacity of 5,000MW by 2030.
Built by the emirate's electricity and water authority, Dewa, it is the largest single-site solar park in the world, with total investments of about Dh50 billion. Upon completion, it will eliminate more than 6.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually.
"We are also prepared to meet the growing demand for electricity and water services according to the highest standards of availability, reliability, efficiency and quality," said Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Dewa chief executive.
"We strive to keep pace with demand by implementing pioneering projects to diversify sources of energy production to include various clean and renewable energy sources and technologies in Dubai and expand the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park projects.
"This will help achieve the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 and the Dubai Net Zero Carbon Emissions Strategy 2050 to provide 100% of Dubai’s total power production capacity from clean energy sources by 2050."
The project recently added 300MW from the 900MW fifth phase using photovoltaic panels.
Dewa will introduce other projects at the solar park with a total capacity of 1,033MW using photovoltaic solar panels and concentrated solar power technology, which raises the share of clean energy production within Dubai's energy mix to 11.5 per cent.
This is expected to reach 14 per cent by the end of this year
The fourth phase of the solar park, with a capacity of 950MW and investments amounting to Dh15.78 billion, is the largest concentrated single-site solar power plant that combines CSP and solar photovoltaic technologies.
It will provide clean energy for around 320,000 residences and reduce 1.6 million tonnes of carbon emissions yearly.
Earlier this month, Dewa asked international developers to send their Expressions of Interest to implement the sixth phase of the solar park based on the IPP model.
The sixth phase of the park will become operational in stages, starting from Q3 2025.
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- Premier League-standard football pitch
- 400m Olympic running track
- NBA-spec basketball court with auditorium
- 600-seat auditorium
- Spaces for historical and cultural exploration
- An elevated football field that doubles as a helipad
- Specialist robotics and science laboratories
- AR and VR-enabled learning centres
- Disruption Lab and Research Centre for developing entrepreneurial skills
Notable salonnières of the Middle East through history
Al Khasan (Okaz, Saudi Arabia)
Tamadir bint Amr Al Harith, known simply as Al Khasan, was a poet from Najd famed for elegies, earning great renown for the eulogy of her brothers Mu’awiyah and Sakhr, both killed in tribal wars. Although not a salonnière, this prestigious 7th century poet fostered a culture of literary criticism and could be found standing in the souq of Okaz and reciting her poetry, publicly pronouncing her views and inviting others to join in the debate on scholarship. She later converted to Islam.
Maryana Marrash (Aleppo)
A poet and writer, Marrash helped revive the tradition of the salon and was an active part of the Nadha movement, or Arab Renaissance. Born to an established family in Aleppo in Ottoman Syria in 1848, Marrash was educated at missionary schools in Aleppo and Beirut at a time when many women did not receive an education. After touring Europe, she began to host salons where writers played chess and cards, competed in the art of poetry, and discussed literature and politics. An accomplished singer and canon player, music and dancing were a part of these evenings.
Princess Nazil Fadil (Cairo)
Princess Nazil Fadil gathered religious, literary and political elite together at her Cairo palace, although she stopped short of inviting women. The princess, a niece of Khedive Ismail, believed that Egypt’s situation could only be solved through education and she donated her own property to help fund the first modern Egyptian University in Cairo.
Mayy Ziyadah (Cairo)
Ziyadah was the first to entertain both men and women at her Cairo salon, founded in 1913. The writer, poet, public speaker and critic, her writing explored language, religious identity, language, nationalism and hierarchy. Born in Nazareth, Palestine, to a Lebanese father and Palestinian mother, her salon was open to different social classes and earned comparisons with souq of where Al Khansa herself once recited.
