GCC Renewables Tracker
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, phase 4 (Noor Energy 1)
A 950 MW concentrated solar and PV project at Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Stage: Operating.
The record
What the sources publish for this project
- Capacity
- 950 MW
- Technology
- Concentrated solar and PV600 MW parabolic trough and 100 MW central tower concentrated solar with molten-salt storage, and 250 MW photovoltaic
- Stage counted on this site
- OperatingAs published: “Commercial operations commenced in the first quarter of 2024” (ACWA Power)
- Commercial operation
- Q1 2024
- Owners and developers
- DEWA (owner; 51%)
- ACWA Power (owner, developer; 25%)
- Silk Road Fund (owner; 24%)
- Supplies
- DEWA
- Procurer
- DEWA
- Arrangement
- Independent power project with a power purchase agreementTerm: 35 years
- Published tariff
- 7.3 US cents/kWh (USD)As published by ACWA Power
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Location
- Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published
Ownership as published by the procurer: DEWA 51%, ACWA Power 25%, Silk Road Fund 24%.
Sources
Where each figure comes from
| Publisher | Publication | Published | Read on | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACWA Power | Noor Energy 1 | Undated | 24 September 2026 | Procurer, developer or owner |
| Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park Innovation Centre (DEWA) | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park | 16 September 2025 | 24 September 2026 | Procurer, developer or owner |
Where sources disagree
Both readings, and the one counted
Stage
- Commercial operations commenced in the first quarter of 2024 — ACWA Power
- Not fully operational (page updated 16 September 2025) — Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park Innovation Centre (DEWA)
Counted on this site: Operating
Why: The developer states commercial operation began; the procurer's page does not say which units are still to be completed, so the project is counted as operating and the procurer's reading is kept beside it.
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
| January | 4.04 |
|---|---|
| February | 4.84 |
| March | 5.72 |
| April | 6.50 |
| May | 7.30 |
| June | 7.40 |
| July | 6.88 |
| August | 6.62 |
| September | 6.22 |
| October | 5.42 |
| November | 4.40 |
| December | 3.82 |
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.
GCC Renewables Tracker, 24 September 2026 (2026-09)