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Noor Abu Dhabi

A 1,000 MWac solar PV project at Sweihan, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Stage: Operating.

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The record

What the sources publish for this project

Capacity
1,000 MWacThe procurer gives 1 GW (AC).
Technology
Solar PV
Stage counted on this site
OperatingAs published: “Commercial operations began in April 2019” (EWEC)
Tender
September 2016
Commercial operation
April 2019
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
Published tariff
8.888 fils/kWh (AED)As published by EWEC
Country
United Arab Emirates
Location
Sweihan, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published

Owned through Sweihan PV Power Company. The procurer dates the bid to September 2016.

Modelled output

Estimated annual generation

Modelled, not measured

2,071

GWh a year

23.6%

Capacity factor

13.2% of the modelled output of this tracker’s operational solar projects.

  • Fixed at the optimal tilt1,759 GWh20.1%1,759 kWh per kWp
  • Single-axis trackerCounted here2,071 GWh23.6%2,071 kWh per kWp

Yield read at the centre of Sweihan, rounded to 0.1°. 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
EWECNoor Abu DhabiUndated24 September 2026Procurer, developer or owner

Solar and wind resource

The resource at Sweihan

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

5.92 kWh/m²/day

Global horizontal irradiance

About 2,161 kWh/m² a year

4.88 kWh/m²/day

Direct normal irradiance

4.7 m/s

Wind at 50 m

28.5 °C

Air temperature

Warmest month August, 36.6 °C

Aerosol optical depth: 0.43 · Dustiest month July

Global horizontal irradiance by month, kWh/m²/day
January: 4.20 kWh/m²/dayJanFebruary: 5.00 kWh/m²/dayFebMarch: 5.90 kWh/m²/dayMarApril: 6.66 kWh/m²/dayAprMay: 7.42 kWh/m²/dayMayJune: 7.50 kWh/m²/dayJunJuly: 6.96 kWh/m²/dayJulAugust: 6.78 kWh/m²/dayAugSeptember: 6.38 kWh/m²/daySepOctober: 5.60 kWh/m²/dayOctNovember: 4.56 kWh/m²/dayNovDecember: 4.00 kWh/m²/dayDec
January4.20
February5.00
March5.90
April6.66
May7.42
June7.50
July6.96
August6.78
September6.38
October5.60
November4.56
December4.00

Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N24.5E55.0, 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)