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Substation finished for Dubai solar megaproject
A substation has been completed and energised that will help evacuate power from a 200 MW section of the huge Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MBR) Solar Park in Dubai.
The 400/132 kV gas-insulated switchgear substation from ABB (pictured) has been built for the Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA), the UAE’s power utility overseeing the MBR project. It will connect the second phase of the MBR plant and integrate 200 MW of power into the Dubai transmission grid.
This section of utility-scale solar photovoltaic plant will cover an area of 4.5 km2. When completed the entire plant will span a huge 70 km2 and have a capacity of 5 GW – making it the largest single-site solar project in the world. The project is scheduled for completion in 2030.
ABB designed, engineered, supplied, installed and commissioned the substation, which comprises 11 bays of 400 kV and 21 bays of compact 132 kV Gas Insulated Switchgear, power transformers and IEC 61850-based open architecture automation and control systems.
The MBR solar project is part of Dubai’s stated ambition to generate 7% of power from clean energy sources by 2020, rising to 75% by 2050.
The MBR phase two susbstation
Photo: ABB
News Item details
Journal title: Energy World
Subjects: Energy engineering, Solar energy, Photovoltaics
