Largest solar plants in the United Arab Emirates

42 solar records for the United Arab Emirates carry a capacity figure: 26.8 GW in total, 6.1 GW of it operating across 22 records. Operating and announced are ranked separately. Every row links to its record and its public source; the country as a whole is on the the United Arab Emirates market page.

Largest operating solar plants in the United Arab Emirates

#	Project	Developer	Capacity	Stage
1	Al Dhafra Solar PVchecked	—	1,500 MW	Operational
2	Noor Abu Dhabi (Sweihan)checked	Sweihan PV Power Company (EWEC / Marubeni / JinkoPower)	1,177 MW	Operational
3	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, Phase Vchecked	Shuaa Energy 3 (DEWA / ACWA Power / Gulf Investment Corp)	900 MW	Operational
4	Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park 4achecked	Dubai Electricity and Water Authority PJSC	417 MW	Operational
5	Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park 3b	Dubai Electricity and Water Authority PJSC	300 MW	Operational
6	Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park 3c	Dubai Electricity and Water Authority PJSC	300 MW	Operational
7	Shams Dubai solar farm	Dubai Electricity and Water Authority PJSC	299 MW	Operational
8	Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park 4cchecked	Dubai Electricity and Water Authority PJSC	250 MW	Operational
9	Mbrsp} IIchecked	—	200 MW	Operational
10	Mbrsp} Iiia	—	200 MW	Operational
11	Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park 4dchecked	Dubai Electricity and Water Authority PJSC	183 MW	Operational
12	Shamschecked	—	100 MW	Operational
13	Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park 4bchecked	Dubai Electricity and Water Authority PJSC	100 MW	Operational
14	Al Taweelah solar farm	Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC	70 MW	Operational
15	Emerge-SNOC solar farm	Electricité de France SA	60 MW	Operational
16	Abu Dhabi solar project I	—	16 MW	Operational
17	Masdar City PV plant	Masdar	10 MW	Operational
18	Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park Phase 1	DEWA	10 MW	Operational
19	Dubai solar project V	—	7.1 MW	Operational
20	Camelicious Solar Power Plant	—	4 MW	Operational
21	Sweihan Al Ain solar project	—	3 MW	Operational
22	Dubai solar project II	—	1.3 MW	Operational

Watch the United Arab Emirates solar. One email when a project on this ranking moves stage, is corrected, or a larger one is added.

Under construction or announced

#	Project	Developer	Capacity	Stage
1	Masdar-Abu Dhabi solar farmchecked	Masdar Clean Energy	5,200 MW	Construction
2	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, Phase VI	DEWA / Masdar / EDF consortium	1,800 MW	Construction
3	Masdar-Engie Green Hydrogen solar farm 2	ENGIE	1,800 MW	Concept
4	Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park 7a	Dubai Electricity and Water Authority PJSC	1,600 MW	Development
5	Al Ajban Solar PVchecked	EWEC (procurer)	1,500 MW	Construction
6	Khazna Solar PVchecked	EWEC (tender)	1,500 MW	Construction
7	Al Faya solar farm	—	1,500 MW	Concept
8	Zarraf Solar PV farmchecked	EDF Power Solutions	1,500 MW	Development
9	Uniper-Masdar Hydrogen solar farm	—	1,300 MW	Development
10	Abu Dhabi solar farm	Emirates Water and Electricity Company PJSC	1,000 MW	Construction
11	Brooge Green Ammonia solar farm	Brooge Renewable Energy (BRE)	650 MW	Development
12	Umm Al Quwain solar farm	—	500 MW	Concept
13	Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park 7b	Dubai Electricity and Water Authority PJSC	400 MW	Development
14	Al Fattan Green Hydrogen solar farm	ALFATTAN LtechUVC Green Energy	200 MW	Concept
15	Al Saja Landfill solar farm 1	Bee'ah	60 MW	Construction
16	Masdar City Solar Expansion	Masdar	40 MW	Development
17	Etihad-Dubai Airports solar farm	Etihad Clean Energy Development	39 MW	Concept
18	EMSTEEL solar PV rooftop	Yellow Door	32 MW	Development
19	Al Saja Landfill solar farm 2	Bee'ah	30 MW	Concept
20	Al Saja Landfill solar farm 3	Bee'ah	30 MW	Concept

The the United Arab Emirates solar records as a file

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Questions about solar in the United Arab Emirates

What is the largest solar plant in the United Arab Emirates?+

The largest operating solar plant on record in the United Arab Emirates is Al Dhafra Solar PV at 1,500 MW, developed by TAQA (40%), Masdar (20%), EDF Renewables (20%), JinkoPower (20%); procured by EWEC. Ranked by the capacity figure in the public source named on the record, whole project rather than any partner's share.

What is the largest solar plant planned in the United Arab Emirates?+

Masdar-Abu Dhabi solar farm at 5,200 MW, under construction. Of the 26.8 GW of solar on record for the United Arab Emirates, 6.1 GW is operating; the rest is announced or being built.

How many solar plants does the United Arab Emirates have?+

Solandor holds 42 solar records for the United Arab Emirates with a stated capacity, 22 of them operating. That is the public record from the datasets named on each row, not a census: small plants below tracker thresholds are missing from the sources and so from here.

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