Abu Dhabi: EDF Group, via its subsidiary EDF Energies Nouvelles, has joined the Masdar-led consortium developing the 800-megawatt (MW) third phase of the Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai, it was announced on Wednesday.
The 16 square-kilometre 800MW photovoltaic plant will be delivered in three stages. The 200MW ‘Phase A’ is currently under construction, and is due for completion by April next year. The 300MW ‘Phase B’ is expected to come on stream in April 2019, while the final 300MW tranche, ‘Phase C’, is scheduled for April 2020.
The project was awarded last year at a price of 2.99 US cents (Dh10.98) per kilowatt-hour, a then record-low tariff for solar power generation.
