The EPC contract signing ceremony for Dubai 700MW CSP Phase 4 of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park was held this morning on April 13th in Shanghai, China. With the total investment of USD 4 billion, the Dubai 700MW CSP plant is the world biggest CSP project.

Top executives involved in the project participated the ceremony including Shanghai Municipal Government, Government of Dubai, Mr. HE Saeed Mohammad Ahmad Al Tayer, Managing Director & CEO of Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA), Mr. Mohammad A. Abunayyan, Chairman of ACWA Power, Mr. Zheng Jianhua, Chairman of Shanghai Electric Group. 

As CSP Focus reported earlier, the consortium of ACWA Power and Shanghai Electric won the bid at the lowest price of USD 7.3 cents/kWh. The project consists of one 100MW molten salt tower plant and three 200MW thermal oil parabolic trough plants with 15-hours molten salt thermal energy storage.

See the project introduction:Shanghai Electric analyzes Dubai 700MW concentrated solar power project

Project owner: DEWA

Off-taker: DEWA

Developer: ACWA Power

EPC: Shanghai Electric

Tower Technology: BrightSource Energy

Parabolic Trough Technology: Abengoa Solar

Free report:Cost Control & Supply Chain Optimization for Dubai 700MW CSP Project by Shanghai Electric

The end of March witnessed the grand opening ceremony of Dubai 700MW fourth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, the biggest Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project in the world. The project is supposed to provide clean power to Dubai EXPO in 2020 and fully completed by 2022.

The success in developing this project symbolizes a branded new stage for CSP technology and another significant milestone for renewable energy as well as a successful case for Shanghai Electric, as one of the leading integrated equipment manufacturing group to drive its industrial upgrade and transformation via innovation, to march towards high-end overseas market, to establish Chinese brand and to respond to the initiative “The Belt and Road”.

To get the most updated progress of the Dubai 700MW CSP project and talk to the main participators, you are welcome to join the upcoming CSP Focus MENA 2018 event in Marrakech, Morocco during June 27-28, which will be the can’t missing gathering for CSP industry players watching Middle East & North Africa region. 

Relevant CSP Conference：CSP Focus MENA 2018（June 27-28,Marrakeck Morocco）