Engie, Jinko, EDF vie for 1.5GW Abu Dhabi solar project
Emirates Water and Electricity Company (Ewec) has announced that it has received bids from consortiums of French group EDF Renewables and Korea Western Power as well as
Abu Dhabi is leading the charge for solar power battery storage as the biggest facility in the world is set to built. Here's why that's a seriously cool thing
Masdar and Emirates Water and Electricity Co. (EWEC) plan to build a $6 billion, 5 GW/19 GWh solar-plus-storage project in Abu Dhabi, with operations set to start by 2027. Emirati state-owned renewable investment company Masdar is partnering with EWEC to build a giant solar and battery energy storage (BESS) facility.
EWEC has several large-scale solar projects in the region, including the 2 GW Al Dhafra solar project in Abu Dhabi. Earlier this month, it put out a request for proposals for 1.5 GW of solar.
Delivering up to 1 gigawatt (GW) of baseload power every day generated from renewable energy, it will be the largest combined solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) in the world.
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