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Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, phase 3

A 800 MW solar PV project at Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Stage: Operating.

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The record

What the sources publish for this project

Capacity
800 MW
Technology
Solar PVPhotovoltaic modules with tracking
Stage counted on this site
OperatingAs published: “Operational since 2020” (Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park Innovation Centre (DEWA))
Commercial operation
2020
Owners and developers
Shares as the owners publish them; a company without a share has not published one
Supplies
DEWA
Procurer
DEWA
Arrangement
Independent power project with a power purchase agreement
Published tariff
2.99 US cents/kWh (USD)As published by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park Innovation Centre (DEWA)
Country
United Arab Emirates
Location
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published

The procurer names a Masdar-led consortium; built in three stages.

Modelled output

Estimated annual generation

Modelled, not measured

1,652

GWh a year

23.6%

Capacity factor

10.5% of the modelled output of this tracker’s operational solar projects.

  • Fixed at the optimal tilt1,400 GWh20%1,750 kWh per kWp
  • Single-axis trackerCounted here1,652 GWh23.6%2,065 kWh per kWp

Yield read at the centre of Emirate of Dubai: the tracker names no town this model can place. Mounting as the source describes it.

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
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park Innovation Centre (DEWA)Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park16 September 202524 September 2026Procurer, developer or owner

Solar and wind resource

The resource at Dubai

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

5.76 kWh/m²/day

Global horizontal irradiance

About 2,102 kWh/m² a year

4.80 kWh/m²/day

Direct normal irradiance

4.5 m/s

Wind at 50 m

28.2 °C

Air temperature

Warmest month August, 35.3 °C

Aerosol optical depth: 0.42 · Dustiest month July

Global horizontal irradiance by month, kWh/m²/day
January: 4.04 kWh/m²/dayJanFebruary: 4.84 kWh/m²/dayFebMarch: 5.72 kWh/m²/dayMarApril: 6.50 kWh/m²/dayAprMay: 7.30 kWh/m²/dayMayJune: 7.40 kWh/m²/dayJunJuly: 6.88 kWh/m²/dayJulAugust: 6.62 kWh/m²/dayAugSeptember: 6.22 kWh/m²/daySepOctober: 5.42 kWh/m²/dayOctNovember: 4.40 kWh/m²/dayNovDecember: 3.82 kWh/m²/dayDec
January4.04
February4.84
March5.72
April6.50
May7.30
June7.40
July6.88
August6.62
September6.22
October5.42
November4.40
December3.82

Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N25.0E55.0, 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)