DEWA to Commission World’s Tallest CSP Tower This Year

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  According to DEWA, the tallest Concentrated Solar Plant in the world will be commissioned in September.

• The 100MW tower is one of the technologies utilised in the 950MW phase 4 development of the MBR solar park.
• The MBR Solar Park, when completed, will have a total capacity of 5000MW.

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) CEO, HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, has stated that the 262.44m-tall Concentrated Solar Power tower (the tallest in the world) will be commissioned in September. With a total capacity of 100MWp (in addition to 200MWp that can be generated from a parabolic trough), the tower is located at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park (MBR Solar Park).

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When Completed, the MBR Solar Park will have a total electricity generation capacity of 5,000MW, constituting the largest solar project site globally. The Park is currently in its 4th phase of development; this phase consists of 950MW of CSP and PV development. The development of this phase is led by a consortium of developers, including ACWA Power, The Silk Road Fund, and China’s Shanghai Electric as the main contractor. The consortium bid the lowest Levelised Cost of Electricity (LCOE) of 7.3 cents per kWh. This phase will integrate three different technologies for energy generation; 600MW from a parabolic basin complex, 100MW from a concentrated solar tower, and 250MW from photovoltaic panels.

The MBR Solar Park is expected to have a planned total production capacity of 5,000 megawatts (MW) by 2030, with more project phases set to be developed. The park will require a total investment of $13.6bn (AED50bn), making it the largest single-site solar energy project in the world.