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The Dubai Electrical energy and Water Authority (DEWA) introduced that they obtained two bids from ACWA Energy and Masdar for the tender it launched in September 2022 for the 1,800 MW sixth section of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Photo voltaic Park.
The utility mentioned Masdar submitted the bottom bid of $0.0162154/kWh. “DEWA broke its personal report and achieved the bottom worth for PV solar energy initiatives based mostly on the IPP mannequin on the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Photo voltaic Park,” mentioned DEWA CEO Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer.
DEWA mentioned it’s going to announce the popular bidder within the third quarter of this 12 months. It’s anticipated that the sixth section of the enormous venture will begin business operation within the fourth quarter of 2024.
DEWA chosen 23 bidders within the preliminary spherical of the tender.
The fifth section of the 5 GW Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Photo voltaic Park has a capability of 900 MW and is at present below building.
Till the top of October 2022, the power has reached an operational PV capability of 1.83 GW – together with the 13 MW first section, the 200 MW second section, and the 800 MW third section, plus sections of the fourth and fifth slices of the venture, which remains to be in improvement.
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