Shanghai Electric Group is set to deliver the fifth phase project of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MBR) Solar Park in Dubai after being appointed by ACWA Power of Saudi Arabia

The newly appointed engineering, construction and procurement (EPC) contractor is charged with constructing the 900MW phase of the 5GW project.

The two groups have previously combined on the fourth phase of the MBR Solar Park; delivering the  700MW Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project and the 250MW PV solar power project.

Shanghai Electric Group explained in a statement that it worked closely with ACWA Power during bidding for the tender.

“ACWA Power and Shanghai Electric are both acknowledged as important participators in the global energy field. The contract signing of 900MW Solar Park project is another milestone along the journey of the pair’s cooperation. I hope the upcoming plant will be another benchmark in the region as well as worldwide,” said Zheng Jianhua, chairman, Shanghai Electric Group, during the online signing of a cooperative agreement held on 28 July.

Muhammed Abunayyan, Chairman, ACWA Power, added: “As we move swiftly forward with implementation, the signing of the EPC contract between ACWA Power and Shanghai Electric for the fifth phase of the Solar Park project represents a crucial milestone of the cooperation between the two companies,” said Abunayyan. He added that to the latest project, the Group will bring more pioneering technologies and create larger value than before.

Once completed, MBR Solar Park will be the largest single-site solar power plant in the Middle East and is intended as a central pillar of the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 to increase the share of clean energy in Dubai’s total power output to 75 per cent by 2050.

“The project sets the benchmark for the rest of the world through leveraging the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model and carrying forward large-scale, cost-competitive projects,” noted Shanghai Electric.