Abu Dhabi state offtaker Ewec on 9 January issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to qualified companies for development of the 1.5GW Zarraf Solar PV Independent Power Producer (IPP) project. The firm previously invited Expressions of Interest (EOI) in October, and the move to issue RFP has been faster than with other large-scale solar projects in Abu Dhabi (MEES, 4 October). Ewec says that a total of 16 companies and consortiums were qualified, and that responses to the RFP are due by Q2.
Based on similar projects, Zarraf will likely be operational in 2028, bringing Abu Dhabi’s installed renewable capacity to 7.2GW (solar 7.1GW). Ewec targets installed solar capacity of 10GW by 2030 (MEES, 3 January). (CONTINUED - 111 WORDS)