By Robin Sayles
The Dubai state utility plans to issue a Request for Proposals (RfP) for a 200 MW solar tower plant before the end of 2016, after selecting a consortium led by KPMG Lower Gulf to advise on the tender.
The CSP plant is to include 8 to 12 hours of thermal energy storage and be built by 2021 within the Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum Solar Park.
DEWA’s target price of around $80/MWh is around half that signed for ACWA Power’s Noor III tower project in Morocco, set at $163/MWh in 2015.
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