| Noor Abu Dhabi | |
| Coordinates: | 24.5425°N 55.4439°W |
| Country: | United Arab Emirates |
| Status: | Operational |
| Cost: | $870 million |
| Owner: | Sweihan PV Power Company |
| Ps Electrical Capacity: | 1.117 GW |
The Noor Abu Dhabi is the world's largest single-site solar power plant as of November 2022, located near Abu Dhabi in Sweihan.
Noor Abu Dhabi has 3.2 million solar panels.[1] [2]
Noor is the Arabic word for "light".
The generating capacity is 1.177 GW; the total project cost is US$870 million. The plant provides power for 90,000 individuals in Abu Dhabi. It uses a waterless robotic technology to clean the solar panels. The robots travel a distance of 1600 kilometres every day to clean it.
The plant is operated by Sweihan PV Power Company which comes under the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA). It is a joint venture between the Abu Dhabi Government and a consortium of China's Jinko Solar Holding and Japan's Marubeni Corp.[3] The plant was commissioned by India-based solar epc contractor Sterling and Wilson Solar.[4] The plant produced a total of 2000 GWh at an efficiency rate of 93%, giving electricity to 66000 houses in September 2020.[5]
The commercial operations of the plant started on April 30, 2019.[6]
The plant attracted the world's most competitive tariff bid in 2016, at 8.888 fils/kWh. It was awarded Utility Project of the Year at the 2020 Middle East Solar Awards and the Power Generation Project of the Year at the MEED Projects Awards 2020.