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DEWA highlights 7th phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park at DIPMF 2026 · DEWA Podcasts

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  Welcome to Power Forward, your weekly update
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  on global energy innovation. At the Dubai International
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  Project Management Forum, the organizing partner
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  Diwa, that's the Dubai Electricity and Water
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  Authority, is really demonstrating its leadership
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  in diversifying the world's energy sources. Their
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  work is driven by a super clear and ambitious
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  vision outlined in the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy
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  2050 and the Dubai Net Zero Carbon Emission Strategy
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  2050. The goal is nothing short of transformative,
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  to provide 100 % of the Emirates' energy production
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  capacity from clean sources by 2050. 100%. The
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  centerpiece of this strategy is the colossal
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  Mohammed bin Rashid al -Maktoum Solar Park. Diwa
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  is currently showcasing the park's seventh phase,
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  a project of breathtaking scale. So get this,
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  this phase is going to add 2000 megawatts of
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  photovoltaic solar capacity, and it's paired
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  with a 1400 megawatt battery system capable of
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  storing 8400 megawatt hours of energy. To put
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  that in perspective, this makes it one of the
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  world's largest solar plus storage projects,
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  just one of the largest in the world. And this
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  single phase is part of a much larger story of
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  expanding ambition. Diwa's efforts are raising
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  the solar park's total production capacity to
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  over 8 ,000 megawatts. That's a 60 % increase
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  from the original plan. 60 %! With nearly 4 ,000
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  megawatts already operational, the results are
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  tangible. The share of clean energy in Dubai's
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  mix is now on track to hit 36 % by 2030, which
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  is way up from the 25 % in the original plan.
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  This move will cut over 8 .5 million tons of
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  carbon emissions every single year. It's a powerful
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  demonstration of how strategic investment and
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  really good project management can accelerate
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  a clean energy future. So here's a question we'd
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  like you to think about. As cities around the
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  world look to decarbonize, what can be learned
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  from Dubai's model of integrating massive -scale
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  solar and battery storage into its energy grid?