GCC Renewables Tracker
Zarraf Solar PV
A 1,500 MWac solar PV project at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Stage: Announced.
The record
What the sources publish for this project
- Capacity
- 1,500 MWac
- Technology
- Solar PV
- Stage counted on this site
- AnnouncedAs published: “Planning” (EWEC)
- Owners and developers
- No owner or developer is named in a public source yet
- Supplies
- EWEC
- Procurer
- EWEC
- Arrangement
- Independent power project with a power purchase agreement
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Location
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published
Modelled output
Estimated annual generation
3,155
GWh a year
24%
Capacity factor
100% of the modelled output of this tracker’s announced solar projects.
- Fixed at the optimal tilt2,664 GWh20.3%1,776 kWh per kWp
- Single-axis trackerCounted here3,155 GWh24%2,104 kWh per kWp
Yield read at the centre of Emirate of Abu Dhabi: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EWEC | Planning | Undated | 24 September 2026 | Procurer, developer or owner |
Solar and wind resource
The resource at Abu Dhabi
NASA POWER's long-run means for the 0.5° cell that holds the locality: an area-level picture, not a site measurement.
6.10 kWh/m²/day
Global horizontal irradiance
About 2,227 kWh/m² a year
5.02 kWh/m²/day
Direct normal irradiance
5.1 m/s
Wind at 50 m
28.8 °C
Air temperature
Warmest month August, 37.3 °C
Aerosol optical depth: 0.45 · Dustiest month July
| January | 4.46 |
|---|---|
| February | 5.26 |
| March | 6.12 |
| April | 6.84 |
| May | 7.50 |
| June | 7.64 |
| July | 7.12 |
| August | 6.96 |
| September | 6.60 |
| October | 5.80 |
| November | 4.76 |
| December | 4.20 |
Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N23.5E54.0, 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)