France’s EDF has announced that EDF Power Solutions and Korea Western Power Co., Ltd. (Kowepo) signed a Joint Development Agreement with Abu Dhabi state offtaker Ewec for the 1.5GW Al Zarraf Solar PV IPP project during last week’s World Utilities Congress.
Ewec issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to qualified companies for development of Al Zarraf in January (MEES, 10 January). Abu Dhabi’s solar capacity currently stands at 2.6GW, and Ewec has targeted 10GW by 2030. That target is likely to be revised up, given the launch of an ambitious project earlier this year to develop a $6bn solar/battery facility delivering 1GW of electricity 24/7, which will by itself require 5.2GW of installed solar capacity (MEES, 17 January). (CONTINUED - 182 WORDS)