The UAE has launched what it labels the world’s largest “round the clock” power project combining solar PV power and battery storage in Abu Dhabi. Two Abu Dhabi state firms, Ewec and Masdar, which are leading the emirate’s renewables push are partnering to develop the facility which is intended to provide 1GW of baseload power generated from renewables day in, day out, with a planned startup date of 2027.
Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Chairman of Masdar, unveiled the project on 14 January at the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) conference, hailing the unprecedented scale of the project as “a first step that could become a giant leap for the world.” (CONTINUED - 796 WORDS)
