Renewables

EDF Renewables took part in the construction of the DEWA III Solar plant with our partners : Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and MASDAR and brought DEWA III under operation in 2020. With an 800 MW capacity, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar plant is the largest in the world, by the time of its commissioning. By 2030, its capacity is due to reach 5,000 MW which will save over 6.5 million tons of carbon emissions annually. This project has a positive social impact and created more than 1,000 jobs during its development. Today, fully commissioned DEWA III powers with clean energy 160,000 residences in Dubai.

In 2020, EDF Renewables and Jinko Power Technology Co. Ltd began the construction of Al Dhafra photovoltaic project. The solar power plant is located in Al Dhafra region, 35km south of Abu Dhabi. With an installed capacity of 2 GW, it will be the most powerful in the world and will supply the equivalent of 160,000 local homes with clean electricity every year. It is the first power plant of this scale to use bifacial modules and sun-trackers, optimizing the energy generation by 30%.

EDF is playing a key role in the construction of the first pumped storage-type hydroelectric power plant in the Arabian Gulf, through a consultancy contract signed with DEWA in 2017. With six hydroelectric power plants of its kind in our portfolio in France, EDF offers DEWA a unique expertise from design, hydrogeological and environmental impact studies, to construction site monitoring. The pumped-storage hydropower facilities are able to function as an energy storage and can, therefore, be used to meet consumption peaks and ease the integration of the intermittent renewable energies. The facility is located in the mountainous enclave of Hatta, on the border between the UAE and Oman, and while completed will have a 250 MW power capacity.