Dubai Starts Desert Solar Plant As Part of Worid's Biggest Park

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Dubai's government-owned utility completed a 200-megawatt power plant one month ahead of schedule as part of a plan to build the world's largest solar energy park by 2030. The 1.2 billion dirham ($327 million) solar plant in the Dubai desert, led by developer ACWA Power International of Saudi Arabia, was scheduled to be completed in April, said Saeed Mohammed A1 Tayer, chief executive officer of the emirate's utility. A1 Tayer said Dubai Electricity and Water Authority will buy power from the plant for 5.6 cents per kilowatt-hour, which was the lowest cost globally for solar power at the time the project was awarded in January 2015. Since then, DEWA has contracted power at an even lower price of 2.99 cents for another facility.