SHANGHAI, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Shanghai Electric introduced that Phase B of the 900-MW fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park has entered operation. As half of the world’s largest photovoltaic (PV) plant beneath development, the challenge will support Dubai’s push to improve and rework its vitality combine by offering 2.268 billion kWh of energy provide per yr upon completion, sufficient to serve up over 240,000 houses and succesful of decreasing 1.1 million tonnes of carbon emission yearly.
“We are so proud to see the solar park hit another historical milestone after Phase A was connected to the grid in 2021. Now, work on Phase C is well underway and is expected to complete in 2023, ” mentioned Meng Chuanmin, Project Manager of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park Phase V.
“The construction process of the fifth phase of MBR Solar Park is marked by a series of challenges, culminating in the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic that severely disrupted global supply chains. The team overcame the difficulties and ensured the procurement and delivery of the raw materials for the project were timely implemented to avoid any delay to the overall progress,” Meng added.
Shanghai Electric has additionally made nice efforts to manage the prices. Compared to the pre-pandemic interval, container cargo has grow to be extensively unavailable, with transportation costs for cables having typically elevated by an element of ten. To guarantee the challenge will be accomplished on schedule, the staff determined to ship cables by way of bulk carriers, regardless of the new answer driving up the workload.
In addition, attributable to the pure motion and fluidity of sand dunes, the staff later found that the development website was elevated by a whole bunch of 1000’s of cubic meters in comparison with the beforehand surveyed worth, translating to an addition of $3 million to the total price. After an intensive investigation and analysis, Shanghai Electric got here up with a plan that helped the staff remedy the problem whereas guaranteeing no interruption was brought on to the development progress.
Acwa Power, proprietor, developer and operator of the fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park, appointed Shanghai Electric as the engineering, procurement and development (EPC) contractor for the challenge in 2020. Starting in July 2020, the challenge consisted of Phrase A, B and C, with a complete put in capability of 1050 MW.
With the worldwide staff of the challenge using over 2,500 staff throughout the peak interval, Shanghai Electric’s effort to unite the greatest world workforces, assets and provides to construct one of the most superior photo voltaic complexes in the nation has been acknowledged by the challenge proprietor and its companions. In addition, the challenge additionally created over 4,000 direct and 10,000 oblique work alternatives, enjoying a key position in selling native employment and financial improvement.
Shanghai Electric has additionally participated in the development of the 950MW fourth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, which features a 700MW concentrated solar energy (CSP) plant and a 250MW photovoltaic (PV) plant. The CSP is ready to retailer the thermal vitality throughout the daytime, which might later be used for electrical energy technology at night time, providing a clear, secure and dependable vitality provide round the clock.
Since it commenced in 2018, the challenge has employed over 8,500 staff throughout the peak interval, with the 100 MW CSP tower plant and the 200MW parabolic trough plant-II scheduled to be linked to the grid at the finish of 2022. It options the world’s most superior photo voltaic applied sciences that may present clear vitality for round 320,000 households and abate 1.6 million tonnes of carbon emissions yearly, going a protracted method to serving to Dubai obtain its 2050 renewable imaginative and prescient.
About Shanghai Electric
Shanghai Electric Group Company Limited (SEHK: 2727, SSE: 601727) is a world-class high-end gear producer, specializing in good vitality, clever manufacturing and good infrastructure to supply inexperienced and clever industrial-grade system options. It has a worldwide presence in industries corresponding to new vitality, environment friendly clear vitality, industrial automation, medical units, and environmental safety.
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