GCC Renewables Tracker
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, phase 6
A 1,800 MW solar PV project at Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Stage: Under construction.
The record
What the sources publish for this project
- Capacity
- 1,800 MW
- Technology
- Solar PVBifacial modules on single-axis trackers
- Stage counted on this site
- Under constructionAs published: “Becoming operational in stages between 2024 and 2026” (Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park Innovation Centre (DEWA))
- Financial close
- 21 February 2024
- Operation date, stated target
- 2026
- 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
- 1.6215 US cents/kWh (USD)As published by Masdar
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Location
- Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published
Owned through Shuaa Energy 4. Counted as under construction until the procurer reports the last stage in operation.
Modelled output
Estimated annual generation
3,717
GWh a year
23.6%
Capacity factor
17.6% of the modelled output of this tracker’s under-construction solar projects.
- Fixed at the optimal tilt3,150 GWh20%1,750 kWh per kWp
- Single-axis trackerCounted here3,717 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
| Stage | Projects | Capacity, MW | GWh a year | Capacity factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operational | 11 / 12 | 7,575 | 15,709 | 23.7% |
| Under construction | 5 / 5 | 10,100 | 21,171 | 23.9% |
| Contracted | 2 / 2 | 2,500 | 5,181 | 23.7% |
| Tendered | 5 / 5 | 4,200 | 8,559 | 23.3% |
| Announced | 1 / 1 | 1,500 | 3,155 | 24% |
Solar yield: PVGIS 5.2 (PVGIS-SARAH2), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. © European Union. Estimate as JSON
Sources
Where each figure comes from
| Publisher | Publication | Published | Read on | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Masdar | DEWA and Masdar reach financial closing on 1800MW 6th phase of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park | 21 February 2024 | 24 September 2026 | Procurer, 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
| 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)