A consortium consisting of Chinese solar energy Jinko Power Technology Co and France’s EDF won a power purchase agreement with UAE’s EWEC for a 2GW solar power project at Al Dhafra. The project will be the world’s largest solar power plant, & will power 160,000 households.
With an expected production capacity of 2 GW, the Al Dhafra Solar PV Project will almost double the size of the approximately 1.2 GW Noor Abu Dhabi solar plant – amongst the largest operational solar PV plants in the world.
The Noor Abu Dhabi project, which was awarded to Marubeni Corp and Jinko Consortium in 2017, commenced commercial operations in April 2019.