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The transition to renewable electricity generation is accelerating across the globe with the Middle East leading the way in the deployment of renewable technologies.
The potential for renewable technologies, especially Solar PV, has been fully capitalised on allowing clean energy generation to increase across the region.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is leading the energy transition in the Middle East.
The nation’s current target is to generate 50% of its electricity from carbon free technologies mainly driven by Solar PV.
Dubai itself is intending to generate 75% of its energy from renewable technologies by 2050.
The Mohammad bin Rashid al Maktoum Solar Park, located in Dubai, is the largest single site Solar Park in the World with a capacity of 5GW.
Its current capacity registers around 900MW and is set to be completed in 2030.
Saudi Arabia has set ambitious targets to increase its renewable capacity from 9.5GW to 27.3GW.
This target was set in the countries National Renewable Energy Program.
Of the 27.3GW, 20GW is set to come from Solar PV. Solar PV in Saudi Arabia has been accelerated by large utility scale projects in the region.
Regulations have forced power distributors to install rooftop Solar PV systems ranging from 1KW and 2MW for homeowners.
In Abu Dhabi, a new cycle of tenders has been distributed to increase solar capacity.
The solar park at Noor is the World’s largest Solar Park with a total of 1.18GW. The project is operational and uses over 32,000,000 solar panels to generate electricity.
One of the countries that received the highest radiation of solar in the Middle East is Oman.
The country has only recently begun operating in the solar industry but have begun building solar farms.
The Ibri 2 Solar field is operational with a 500MW capacity. The solar farm’s bifacial panels will help Oman meet their target of having 20% of their total electricity be generated from renewables.
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