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‎Phase 4 of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park refinanced for $2.7B

Argaam - UAE News Trade press Published 27th September 2026 UAE

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‎<p><img src="https://argaamplus.s3.amazonaws.com/e9763fba-b3ba-441e-ba8a-06c9e3772ad2.png"></p> <p class="ckeCaption" >Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)headquarter</p> <hr> <div data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"> <p >Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) successfully refinanced Phase 4 of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park for $2.70 billion (AED 9.9 billion).</p> <p ></p> <p >The refinancing was completed well ahead of schedule.</p> <p ></p> <p >DEWA and an Acwa-led consortium established Noor Energy Company 1 PJSC to design, build, and operate phase 4 of the project.</p> <p ></p> <p >With a capacity of 950 megawatts, Noor Energy 1 combines concentrated solar power (CSP), parabolic trough (PT), and photovoltaic (PV) technologies.</p> <p ></p> <p >The project is the world’s largest single-site concentrated solar power facility, combining PV and CSP technologies with up to 15 hours of thermal energy storage.</p> <p ></p> <p >This enables the delivery of reliable clean power to Dubai around the clock, as necessary.</p> <p ></p> <p >DEWA said the refinancing helped optimize financing costs and strengthen the project’s financial structure, resulting in significant savings over its operating life.</p> <p ></p> <p >It added that the plant is now operating at world-class availability levels, supported by a robust financial structure designed to ensure reliability and sustainability throughout the project’s lifecycle.</p> </div>

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Argaam - UAE News · Trade Publication
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27th September 2026
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27th September 2026 · 16:50

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Significance 2 · Moderate
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Moderate (37.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (27.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (39.0/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Extraction Quality (3.0/15 points).

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Possibly the same underlying story as Hamdan and Maktoum bin Mohammed receive condolences on passing of Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid — flagged automatically, never merged automatically.