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PICS: Dubai Is Home To The Largest Single Solar-Site In The World
Dubai is home to one of the world’s largest sustainable development projects and images of the site have just been shared from space.
From 400metres up, the pics show the entire 77 km2 area of the single-solar site, which is located out in Al Qudra, approximately 50km from the South of Dubai.
The first phase was launched in 2013 at a cost of AED14.2 billion, the second phase was commissioned in 2017 and the third phase is expected to be completed in 2020
The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is the largest single-site solar park in the world spreading over a total area of 77 km². #Dubai
Image Courtesy: @CopernicusEU pic.twitter.com/Hqrqa8DJ2A— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) September 18, 2018
The images were share by Earth Observation programme Copernicus
The sustainable park is expected to generate 1,000MW by 2020, and 5,000MW by 2030, and to achieve green-house gas emission reductions of 208,177tCO2 annually, according to DEWA
The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is one of the world’s largest renewable project based on the independent power producer (IPP) model. It spreads over a total area of 77 km2 in Seih Al-Dahal, about 50 kilometers south of the city of Dubai#Sentinel2 image pic.twitter.com/UbyiOU7Tcg
— Copernicus EU (@CopernicusEU) September 18, 2018
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