{"id":1004335481,"date":"2019-07-08T00:30:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T08:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004335481"},"modified":"2019-07-08T00:30:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T08:30:10","slug":"worlds-largest-single-site-solar-power-plant-begins-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/worlds-largest-single-site-solar-power-plant-begins-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s Largest Single-Site Solar Power Plant Begins Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1004335484\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/07\/sun-4020112_960_720.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004335484\" data-attachment-id=\"1004335484\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/worlds-largest-single-site-solar-power-plant-begins-operations\/sun-4020112_960_720\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/07\/sun-4020112_960_720.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"719,539\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FC220&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.73&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000243&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sun-4020112_960_720\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Image via Pixabay&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/07\/sun-4020112_960_720.jpg?w=719\" class=\"wp-image-1004335484 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/07\/sun-4020112_960_720.jpg\" alt=\"Image via Pixabay\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/07\/sun-4020112_960_720.jpg 719w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/07\/sun-4020112_960_720.jpg?resize=300,225 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004335484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Image via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Japan\u2019s Marubeni Corp. has announced the start of commercial operation of the Sweihan photovoltaic independent power project in the United Arab Emirates. The 1,177-megawatt facility, also known as Noor Abu Dhabi, is currently the largest single-site solar power plant in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Marubeni Corp. (20 percent), JinkoSolar Holding Co. (20 percent) and Abu Dhabi Power Corp. (60 percent) co-own the $870 million project. The loan agreement for the facility was signed in May 2017 and was co-financed by eight commercial banks, including Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ\u2014currently renamed MUFG Bank\u2014the Norinchukin Bank and Banking Corp. as well as Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.<\/p>\n<p>The solar project consists of 3.2 million solar panels, was completed within 23 months, as originally planned, and is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/uae-embarks-on-163b-green-energy-plan\/\">UAE\u2019s Energy Plan 2050<\/a>. The electricity generated by the Noor Abu Dhabi solar farm has been acquired by the Emirates Water and Electricity Co. under a 25-year power purchase agreement. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Completed within less than two years, the solar project has a generating capacity of 1,177 megawatts, produced by 3.2 million solar panels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":1004335484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21782,21748,16,21742,21786],"tags":[46148,35875,33517],"class_list":["post-1004335481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-industrial","category-international","category-latest","category-sustainability","tag-marubeni-corporation","tag-solar-power","tag-uae-energy-plan-2050"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - 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