Noor Abu Dhabi Solar Power plant

Noor Abu Dhabi Solar Power Plant is the largest single-site solar power plant located near Abu Dhabi in Sweihan. Noor translates to Light in Arabic. It has 3.2 million solar panels.[1][2] The plant is known to give clean energy for 90,000 individuals in Abu Dhabi. It uses a waterless robotic technology to clean the solar panels. The robots travel a distance of 1600 kilometres every day to clean it. It is operated by Sweihan PV Power Company which comes under the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA). It is a joint venture between two organizations namely the Abu Dhabi Government and a consortium of China's Jinko Solar Holding and Japan's Marubeni Corp.[3] Its commissioned by India-based solar epc contractor Sterling and Wilson Solar.[4] The plant produced a total of 2000 GWh at an efficiency rate of 93%, giving electricity to 66000 houses in September 2020.[5]

History

The commercial operations of the plant started on April 30, 2019.[3][6]

Records/Achievements

It attracted the world's most competitive tariff bid in 2016 that was 8.888 fils/kWh. Other awards include Utility Project of the Year at the 2020 Middle East Solar Awards and the Power Generation Project of the Year at the MEED Projects Awards 2020.[5]

References
  1. www.ETEnergyworld.com. "World's largest single-site solar power plant in Abu Dhabi - ET EnergyWorld". ETEnergyworld.com. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  2. Staff writer (May 3, 2021). "Emirates Water and Electricity Company targets 50% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2025".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Staff Writer (May 3, 2021). "Solar energy plant Noor Abu Dhabi provides clean power for two years".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Sterling and Wilson bags EPC contract for world's largest solar PV plant". PV Tech. 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  5. Middle East Utility Staff (September 2020). "Noor Abu Dhabi Solar Plant Achieves 2,000GWh Net Power Production".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Campbell, Maeve (2020-05-05). "World's largest solar project to provide record-low energy tariffs". euronews. Retrieved 2021-05-12.


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