As part of the order, Emirates Water and Electricity Co. (EWEC) plans to build a giant solar farm in the Al Dhafra region.

Emirates Water and Electricity Co. (EWEC) from Abu Dhabi announced a tender for the construction of a 1.5 GW solar power plant in the Al Dhafra region.

The utility said the developer of the Zarraf Solar PV project would receive a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA), without providing further technical or financial details.

“Zarraf Solar PV is EWEC’s fifth world-leading utility-scale solar project, supporting the acceleration of renewable and clean energy generation in the UAE as part of EWEC’s strategic plan to build an average of 1.4 GW of new solar PV capacity per year from 2027 to 2037 – the tool stated.

In October, EWEC announced a tender for a 1.5 GW solar power plant in the Khazna area, where several data centers operate.

In early July, it announced that it had received four proposals for the 1.5 GW Al-Ajban solar project. It first announced the tender in May 2022.

The proposals came from Saudi energy giant ACWA Power, French utility EDF, Japan’s Marubeni and a consortium formed by China’s Jinko Power and Japanese energy producer JERA.

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