Mubasher: The concrete base of the concentrated solar power (CSP) tower in the fourth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park tower has been completed, according to a recent press release on Monday, following an inspection tour of the construction work of the solar park site by the managing director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer.
Once built, the 260-metre tower will be considered the tallest solar power tower across the world, based on the independent power producer (IPP) model with a capacity of 950MW costing up to AED 15.78 billion.
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park will contribute to Dubai’s transformation into a global clean and renewable energy hub, the press release added.
Al Tayer was accompanied during his visit by Waleed Salman, executive vice president of Business Development and Excellence at DEWA; Jamal Shaheen Al Hammadi, Vice President of Clean Energy & Diversification at DEWA; and a number of DEWA officials. Al Tayer was briefed on the progress of construction work.
Equivalent to 20% of Paris’s Eiffel Tower, about 1,300 tonnes of steel rebar and concrete are contained in this tower, with the concrete placed weighs more than 19,000 tonnes, equivalent to the weight of 34 full A380s planes’ take off weight with 555 passengers, according to Abdul Hamid Al Muhaidib, executive managing director of Noor Energy 1, a venture formed through a partnership between DEWA, Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power and China’s Silk Road Fund to build the fourth phase of the Park.
“33% of the engineering work has been completed for the project, which is proceeding according to plan,” Al Muhaidib added.
The world’s largest single-site solar park is built to generate 5,000MW by 2030 with investments of up to AED 50 billion.
It is noteworthy that the third phase of this project will be completed in 2020.
On 28 February, DEWA invited contenders for the fifth phase of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.
