DEWA launches tender for fifth phase of giant Dubai solar park

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has issued a tender for the fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar. The move supports the objectives of the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 to provide 75 percent of Dubai’s total power output from clean energy by 2050. Under the tender, the fifth phase will …

Dewa will dig wells in Mauritania, Bangladesh

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) will be supporting the Well of Hope initiative by digging 20 wells in drought affected areas in seven countries across the globe. These include Benin, Brazil, Bangladesh, Niger, Mali and Tajikistan. The Well of Hope Competition asks members of the society to donate water and deliver it to areas …

Dewa, Enbala build region’s first virtual power plant

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has joined with Canadian company Enbala to build the region’s first Virtual Power Plant (VPP). Virtual Power Plant is a smart network of distributed small and medium scale generation unıts. The aim is to increase the visibility of distributed energy resources (DER), and maximise their value by providing grid …

Construction of phase 4 of Dubai solar park on track

Construction work on the fourth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is progressing on schedule, according to its developers. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, managing director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), has inspected the construction work of the project which has a capacity of 950MW and will cost …

MBR Solar Park reaches infrastructure completing

According to Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MBR) Solar Park has reached its infrastructure completion phase with completion of the concrete base of the tower. The solar park contains about 1,300 tonnes of steel rebar and concrete, equivalent to 20 percent of Paris’s Eiffel Tower. DEWA said that once …

Dewa to build 4,000 MW solar plant

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) will design, construct and operate a solar photovoltaic (PV) plant to provide renewable energy for Museum of the Future. Dewa’ agreement with developer Dubai Future Foundation will see it develop the plant that will deliver 4,000 megawatt hours of renewable energy for Museum of the Future. The MoU was …

Looking for developers for the fifth stage of the Dubai solar park

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) Muhammad bin Rashshad Al Maktoum asked the developers to qualify for building and using the fifth stage of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. The phase will use photovoltaic solar panels based on the independent electricity project. Beginning in the second quarter of 2021. The move, according …

Aramco and Dewa in cooperation with smart energy

Saudi Aramco has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Dubai Electrical and Water Authority (Dewa) to improve cooperation in new energy, smart grid applications and power supply management. The MoU will provide a framework for assessing potential collaborations and ventures in new energy and smart grid applications. Saudi Aramco VP (Power Systems) Abdulkarim …

Dubai to build world’s first 3D-printed laboratory building

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has awarded Convrgnt Value Engineering (LLC) the tender announced last May to design and construct the first building in the UAE to be fully printed onsite and the first 3D-printed laboratory building in the world. The laboratory will be built as part of the Research & Development (R&D) centre …