DEWA Seeks Developers To Build 1.6GW Solar With 1GW BESS Project Updated On Fri, Mar 7th, 2025 by Saurenergy Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has invited international developers to submit expressions of interest (EOI) for a tender to develop 1,600-megawatt (MW) solar project. This project is the seventh phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. This phase, which is expandable to 2,000MW, with photovoltaic solar panels and a battery energy […] Read more
Dubai Opens 5th Phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park Updated On Tue, Jun 20th, 2023 by Saurenergy Dubai has inaugurated the fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, the world’s largest single-site solar park with a planned capacity of 5GW by 2030, as part of its renewable energy push. The fifth phase of the solar park was completed ahead of the scheduled opening date of December 2023, despite […] Read more
Indian Firm Cliantech Solutions Lands 600 MW Solar Module Project in UAE Updated On Wed, Jun 14th, 2023 by Saurenergy Turnkey solutions-providing firm, Cliantech Solutions and Technologies LLP has bagged a turnkey contract from Magnus Green Solar, a Dubai-based engineering firm in the renewable energy segment. The project will require Cliantech to set up a state-of-the-art solar module manufacturing facility. Initially, the site will boast of an initial capacity of 600 MW every year. This […] Read more
The Top 5: Game-Changing Renewable Energy Projects In The Middle East Updated On Mon, Jan 30th, 2023 by Saurenergy The energy transition towards renewables has recently seen an increase in Middle Eastern countries, especially in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Morocco etc. Once dependent on its plentiful reserves of oil and gas for wealth, the region is finally embracing the zero-carbon emission goals. As per IRENA’s World Energy Transitions Outlook (WETO), the region could obtain […] Read more
Dubai Setting Sights At Scoring14% Of Its Energy From Renewables By The End Of 2022 Updated On Mon, Jul 4th, 2022 by Saurenergy Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), has said that Dubai will increase the share of renewable energy in the energy mix of the city to 14% by the end of this year (2022). He said that the new target is aimed at increasing the […] Read more
Dewa to spend $11 billion on Renewable Energy in Dubai Updated On Thu, Apr 28th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has announced that it will be investing $11 billion or Dh40 billion as capital expenditure over a period of next five years from now to enhance the utility’s renewable energy portfolio. Dewa has issued an official statement that confirms the media reports about the anticipated RE investments by […] Read more
Dubai’s 5GW Solar Park On Track With 3rd Phase Opening Updated On Wed, Nov 25th, 2020 by Saurenergy The Dubai Water and Electricity Authority (DEWA) has formally announced the official opening of the 800 MW third phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park (MBRAM). Named after the UAE’s Prime Minister and Vice President, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum himself came to do the honours. With the latest opening, the park’s […] Read more
ACWA Power Seals 900 MW Vth Phase of MbRAM Solar Park at $1.6953/kWh Updated On Fri, May 1st, 2020 by Saurenergy ACWA Power has formally won the Vth Phase of the MbRAM Solar Park from DEWA, after submitting a winning bid tariff of USD 1.6953/kWh Following its successful Bid Submission on the 9th of October 2019, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) awarded the 900 MW photovoltaic fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum […] Read more
The Solar Rush in the Middle East Picks Pace Updated On Thu, Jan 16th, 2020 by Saurenergy Back in 2013, when the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, was launched near Dubai with 13 megawatts of capacity, like in most projects in the region, the ambitions were grand. In 15 years, it was expected to expand to 3,000 MW, with a target to supply the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) […] Read more
