At 15:48 local time on November 29th, Dubai's 700MW solar thermal and 250MW photovoltaic solar power plant project, which was constructed by Monergy Group Power Design Institute, successfully connected to the grid. The unit has excellent technical parameters and stable operation of main and auxiliary equipment, providing the first "green power" of solar thermal power generation for Dubai.
The Dubai 700MW solar thermal and 250MW photovoltaic solar power plant project is the fourth phase of the solar thermal photovoltaic power plant project developed by Dubai Hydro in Maktoum Solar Park. The solar thermal part of the project has an installed capacity of 700MW, consisting of 100MW tower and three 200MW trough solar thermal units, while the photovoltaic part has an installed capacity of 250MW, covering an area of 44 square kilometres, which is currently the world's largest installed capacity, the largest investment scale and the largest amount of molten salt storage heat for solar thermal projects.
According to the person in charge of the Mengneng Group, the Power Design Institute is deeply involved in the construction of the 100MW molten salt tower and 3×200MW thermal oil tank type solar thermal units of the Dubai project from four aspects: design, consultation, technical research and technical services. During the project construction period, the Power Design Institute focused on high-quality technical resources, actively cooperated with the project owner and the general contracting construction unit, did a good job in the whole chain of internal technical support, and helped overcome a number of technical problems. At the same time, overcoming the impact of fluctuations in the epidemic, it sent professional staff to carry out on-site services to assist the project construction unit to speed up the construction of the project, laying the foundation for the smooth grid-connected power generation of Slot 1 unit.
It is understood that the project unit adopts the world's most advanced slot-type solar thermal power generation technology, which solves the drawbacks of conventional photovoltaic power plants that cannot generate electricity at night, and is a typical demonstration to implement the national "Belt and Road" initiative and achieve the global carbon neutrality target. After the unit is in operation, the energy stored in the trough unit can meet the maximum 13.5 hours of continuous power generation at night or under adverse weather conditions; the energy stored in the tower unit can meet the maximum 15 hours of continuous power generation at night or under adverse weather conditions.