Dubai to award 200-MW CSP tender in Q1 2017 - report

Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) expects to award the tender for the development of a 200-MW concentrated solar power (CSP) project in Dubai during the first quarter of 2017, DEWA’s head said as cited by the Gulf News.

The tender concerns the first phase of a 1-GW CSP project that is planned to be developed at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park by 2030. Earlier this month, DEWA unveiled that a consortium led by KPMG Lower Gulf Ltd has won the advisory service contract for the planned project.

The phase I solar thermal power project is to be operational by April 2021.

DEWA’s managing director and CEO Saeed Mohammad Al Tayer also said, as cited by the newspaper, that a large photovoltaic (PV) project will be announced today under the Shams Dubai smart initiative that encourages tenants and homeowners in Dubai to install solar panels for onsite power generation. He, however, did not give more details ahead of the official announcement.

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