Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (Dewa) has invited consultants to submit advisory proposals for the fifth phase of the Mohammed bin-Rashid (MBR) solar park.

Consultants have until 22 July to submit proposals for the advisory services role for the photovoltaic (PV) solar project, which will be developed under the independent power producer (IPP) model.

Dewa recently commissioned the first 200MW of the 800MW third phase of the MBR solar park.  The completion of the 200MW project brought total operational solar capacity in the emirate to 413MW, accounting for 4 per cent of total generation capacity.

The 13MW first phase, built under an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, of the MBR park came online in October 2013. The 200MW second phase was commissioned in March 2017. The second phase, together with all subsequent phases, is being developed under the IPP model.

The next 200MW of the third phase is due to come online in 2019, with the third phase scheduled for completion in 2020.

The groundbreaking ceremony for the 700MW fourth phase of the MBR park – which will be the solar farm’s first concentrated solar power (CSP) installation – took place in March this year.

Dubai has set a target for clean energy to contribute 25 per cent of its total energy supply by 2030 and 75 per cent by 2050.