Owned and operated by Sweihan PV Power Company (SPPC), the plant started its commercial operations on April 30, 2019, supplying Abu Dhabi with clean energy through a long-term power purchase agreement with the Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC).
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In January, Masdar announced supply deals with Chinese solar manufacturers JA Solar and Jinko Solar to supply the 5. 2GW site's PV modules, and POWERCHINA and India's Larsen & Toubro are the project's preferred engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors.
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Unlike the sprawling solar parks already familiar across the Gulf, this facility is being built with one crucial addition: storage on a scale the world has never seen. 2 gigawatts of solar panels will capture the desert sun by day.
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Adnoc and AD Power developed Lightning project, a subsea high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission grid to supply power from shore to the various offshore facilities.
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