GCC Renewables Tracker
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, phase 7
A 2,000 MW solar PV and battery project at Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Stage: Tendered.
The record
What the sources publish for this project
- Capacity
- 2,000 MW
- Battery storage
- 1,400 MW, 8,400 MWh
- Technology
- Solar PV and batteryPhotovoltaic plant with a six-hour battery
- Stage counted on this site
- TenderedAs published: “Bids received on 1 July 2026; lowest bidder reported, no award announced” (MEED)
- Tender
- 20 October 2025
- Owners and developers
- No owner or developer is named in a public source yet
- Supplies
- DEWA
- Procurer
- DEWA
- Arrangement
- Independent power project with a power purchase agreement
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Location
- Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published
Expressions of interest were invited on 16 May 2025 and the request for proposals issued on 20 October 2025. MEED reports Masdar as the lowest bidder; no developer is shown until an award is announced.
Modelled output
Estimated annual generation
4,130
GWh a year
23.6%
Capacity factor
48.3% of the modelled output of this tracker’s tendered solar projects.
- Fixed at the optimal tilt3,500 GWh20%1,750 kWh per kWp
- Single-axis trackerCounted here4,130 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 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
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SolarQuarter | DEWA invites proposals for 2,000MW seventh phase of MBR Solar Park | 6 November 2025 | 24 September 2026 | Press or compiler |
| SolarQuarter | DEWA showcases seventh phase of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park featuring 2GW PV and 8.4GWh battery storage | 19 January 2026 | 24 September 2026 | Press or compiler |
| MEED | Lowest bidder emerges for Dewa Solar Park phase seven | 7 August 2026 | 24 September 2026 | Press or compiler |
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)