Shams 1 in Abu Dhabi
Shams 1 is the world’s largest CSP plant. It was launched by H. H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE in March 2013.
The USD 600 million, 2.5 square kilometre plant has the capacity to feed 100 MW of electricity into the national grid, enough to power 20,000 homes and divert 175,000 tonnes of CO2 per year from the atmosphere.
The plant is located in Western Abu Dhabi and considered the largest concentrated solar power (CSP) plant and the first utility-scale commercial solar project in the Middle East and one of the largest in the world.
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) in Dubai
As part of Dubai Clean Energy Strategy to generate 75 per cent of Dubai’s power from clean energy by 2050, Dubai will build the largest Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project on a single site in the world, which is expected to begin power generation within the next five years.
The solar project and solar park when completed is expected to slash carbon emissions in Dubai by more than 6.5 million tonnes of harmful CO2, helping Dubai and the UAE to keep global warming temperature increases below 2 degrees Celsius this century.
