Renewable Energy
A pesar de la caída del precio del petróleo, la inversión en energía solar en el Medio Oriente se espera que alcance un nuevo máximo en el 2015. Informa Sean Ottewell.
Trotz fallender Ölpreise werden bei Investitionen in die Solarenergie im Nahen Osten 2015 neue Spitzenwerte erwartet. Sean Ottewell berichtet.
Solar power in the Middle East
Despite the fall in oil prices, investment in solar power in the Middle East is expected to reach a new peak in 2015. Sean Ottewell reports.
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Roof-based photovoltaic systems are increasingly being used by companies to improve energy effi ciency.
Image courtesy of DuPont.
he majority of electricity generated in the Middle East comes from natural gas. However, according to the Middle East Solar Industry
Association (MESIA), when compared with oil, solar is able to compete on commercial grounds. For example, the organisation points out that the price of electricity from the second phase of the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid solar park in Dubai is equivalent to a conventional power plant burning oil priced at roughly US$20 (€18.50) per barrel. Solar power plants also produce almost
or other pollutants, it adds. MESIA expects the solar market
in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to reach a new level of growth in 2015, with over 1500MW of projects being tendered during the year. And it predicts solar projects worth
US$2.7 billion are set to be unveiled in MENA throughout 2015.
The main drivers T ere are three main drivers for this. First is an increase in the size of solar projects – typically from the 1-10MW range to the 10-100MW range. In 2013 only three projects in the MENA region were larger than 10MW. In 2015 that number is expected to soar to 40. A MESIA study - MENA Solar Outlook
2015 - shows that 1,800MW worth of solar projects will be tendered or awarded during the next 12 months. Factoring in the prevailing project price of US$1.5mn/MW, this equates to US$2.7bn. T e fi gure represents a six- fold increase on last year when less than 300MW of solar projects were awarded. To put this in perspective, a 100MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant is capable of powering in the region
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