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Shams 1

A 100 MW concentrated solar project at Abu Dhabi (western region), United Arab Emirates. Stage: Operating.

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The record

What the sources publish for this project

Capacity
100 MW
Technology
Concentrated solar768 parabolic trough collectors
Stage counted on this site
OperatingAs published: “In operation since March 2013” (TotalEnergies)
Commercial operation
March 2013
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
Country
United Arab Emirates
Location
Abu Dhabi (western region), United Arab EmiratesLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published

TotalEnergies names the partners as TotalEnergies, Abengoa Solar and Masdar; the current shares are not published on the pages read.

Sources

Where each figure comes from

PublisherPublicationPublishedRead onKind
EWECShams CSPUndated24 September 2026Procurer, developer or owner
TotalEnergiesShams: one of the world's largest concentrated solar power plantsUndated24 September 2026Procurer, developer or owner

Solar and wind resource

The resource at Al Dhafra

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

6.16 kWh/m²/day

Global horizontal irradiance

About 2,248 kWh/m² a year

4.94 kWh/m²/day

Direct normal irradiance

5.5 m/s

Wind at 50 m

28.9 °C

Air temperature

Warmest month July, 37.7 °C

Aerosol optical depth: 0.47 · Dustiest month July

Global horizontal irradiance by month, kWh/m²/day
January: 4.56 kWh/m²/dayJanFebruary: 5.36 kWh/m²/dayFebMarch: 6.22 kWh/m²/dayMarApril: 6.88 kWh/m²/dayAprMay: 7.50 kWh/m²/dayMayJune: 7.68 kWh/m²/dayJunJuly: 7.16 kWh/m²/dayJulAugust: 7.00 kWh/m²/dayAugSeptember: 6.66 kWh/m²/daySepOctober: 5.90 kWh/m²/dayOctNovember: 4.84 kWh/m²/dayNovDecember: 4.30 kWh/m²/dayDec
January4.56
February5.36
March6.22
April6.88
May7.50
June7.68
July7.16
August7.00
September6.66
October5.90
November4.84
December4.30

Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N23.0E53.0, 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)