Featured in A Teutonic shift – 02-2018

Low PPAs just the beginning

8th World Future Energy Summit: Few solar events can rival the litany of high level attendees, the scale of projects, the glitz and production, and the sheer volume of announcements of the Abu Dhabi-based event – January 15 – 18. Host Masdar was front and center of proceedings as solar in the region moves beyond record-setting prices towards the building of an industry.

By

Jonathan Gifford

14 Feb 2018

The massive Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is taking shape outside of Dubai. From landmark projects, to a new industry for the future of the region, Middle East solar is taking shape.

The fast-fading desert light created a shifting pallet of dusk colors above the tens of thousands of modules, fixed in a horizontal position, over a truly landmark solar project. Adjacent to the rows of PV trackers, neatly punctuated by central inverters and cardboard boxes featuring the Canadian Solar logo, sits a messy clump of temporary …

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