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Khazna Solar PV

A 1,500 MWac solar PV project at Al Khazna, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Stage: Under construction.

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The record

What the sources publish for this project

Capacity
1,500 MWac
Technology
Solar PVAbout three million modules
Stage counted on this site
Under constructionAs published: “Under construction” (EWEC)
Agreement or award
October 2025
Owners and developers
Shares as the owners publish them; a company without a share has not published one
Supplies
EWEC
Procurer
EWEC
Arrangement
Independent power project with a power purchase agreement
Country
United Arab Emirates
Location
Al Khazna, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published

The award announcement did not publish the tariff or the scheduled commercial operation date; Masdar is the local shareholder.

Modelled output

Estimated annual generation

Modelled, not measured

3,155

GWh a year

24%

Capacity factor

14.9% of the modelled output of this tracker’s under-construction solar projects.

  • Fixed at the optimal tilt2,664 GWh20.3%1,776 kWh per kWp
  • Single-axis trackerCounted here3,155 GWh24%2,104 kWh per kWp

Yield read at the centre of Emirate of Abu Dhabi: the tracker names no town this model can place. Mounting assumed: plants of 50 MW and more on single-axis trackers, smaller ones fixed.

Annual kWh per kWp from PVGIS for crystalline silicon with 14% system loss, multiplied by the capacity as the source states it and taken as peak. A plant rated in MWac carries more DC capacity, so its estimate runs low.

Tracker totals, modelled

Solar projects with an estimate only; the counted mounting for each.
StageProjectsCapacity, MWGWh a yearCapacity factor
Operational11 / 127,57515,70923.7%
Under construction5 / 510,10021,17123.9%
Contracted2 / 22,5005,18123.7%
Tendered5 / 54,2008,55923.3%
Announced1 / 11,5003,15524%

Solar yield: PVGIS 5.2 (PVGIS-SARAH2), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. © European Union. Estimate as JSON

Sources

Where each figure comes from

PublisherPublicationPublishedRead onKind
Power TechnologyEWEC awards development of 1.5GW Khazna Solar PV project to ENGIE and Masdar13 October 202524 September 2026Press or compiler
EWECUnder constructionUndated24 September 2026Procurer, developer or owner

Solar and wind resource

The resource at Abu Dhabi

NASA POWER's long-run means for the 0.5° cell that holds the locality: an area-level picture, not a site measurement.

6.10 kWh/m²/day

Global horizontal irradiance

About 2,227 kWh/m² a year

5.02 kWh/m²/day

Direct normal irradiance

5.1 m/s

Wind at 50 m

28.8 °C

Air temperature

Warmest month August, 37.3 °C

Aerosol optical depth: 0.45 · Dustiest month July

Global horizontal irradiance by month, kWh/m²/day
January: 4.46 kWh/m²/dayJanFebruary: 5.26 kWh/m²/dayFebMarch: 6.12 kWh/m²/dayMarApril: 6.84 kWh/m²/dayAprMay: 7.50 kWh/m²/dayMayJune: 7.64 kWh/m²/dayJunJuly: 7.12 kWh/m²/dayJulAugust: 6.96 kWh/m²/dayAugSeptember: 6.60 kWh/m²/daySepOctober: 5.80 kWh/m²/dayOctNovember: 4.76 kWh/m²/dayNovDecember: 4.20 kWh/m²/dayDec
January4.46
February5.26
March6.12
April6.84
May7.50
June7.64
July7.12
August6.96
September6.60
October5.80
November4.76
December4.20

Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N23.5E54.0, native resolution 1° (CERES SYN1deg). These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.

See it on the Energy AtlasResource as JSON

GCC Renewables Tracker, 24 September 2026 (2026-09)