TY - JOUR
T1 - A Review on Solar Energy Utilization and Projects
T2 - Development in and around the UAE
AU - Ramachandran, Tholkappiyan
AU - Mourad, Abdel Hamid I.
AU - Hamed, Fathalla
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported under grants 12R015 and 31R238, UAE University, Al Ain15551, United Arab Emirates in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley, USA and University of Malaya, Malaysia. Acknowledgments: Thanks to the research support of United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain.
Funding Information:
As illustrated in Figure 19a, Masdar has built and installed 7000 off-grid solar household PV systems in houses and commercial buildings in six distant regions, namely Qina, Sohag, Aswan, Matrouh, Al Wadi Al Jadeed, and Luxor. Between December 2015 and April 2016, Masdar installed seven solar–diesel plants totaling 20 MW at 5 MW from Shalateen, 2 MW from Abu Ramad, 6 MW from Marsa Alam, 1 MW from Halayeb, 500 kW from Darb Al Arbaeen, 500 kW from Abu Minqar, and 5 MW from Al Farafra in the governorate of the Red Sea and the Al Wadi Al Jadeed Governorate, Egypt, as shown in Figure 19b,c. This project was financially funded by the Abu Dhabi government, UAE, for rural electrification in Egypt, and it was completed in March 2014. The UAE–Egypt Commission is sponsoring Egypt’s New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA). These four projects, each tailored to the requirements of a unique community, offer solar power to medical clinics/hospitals, mosques, educational institutes/schools, and many houses that previously lacked dependable access to power or were not linked to the national grid.
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PY - 2022/5/1
Y1 - 2022/5/1
N2 - Demand on the energy sector has increased significantly due to the incredible evolution of the industry and urbanization. Photovoltaic (PV) technology is rapidly evolving to meet the demands of people in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by generating more electricity. The UAE has demonstrated that it has the world’s highest rates of sun exposure, indicating a significant efficiency in solar energy development. This might be a way to cut down on fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions even further. In this review, we discuss five major aspects of solar energy utilization and projects within the framework of the UAE starting with (i) recent advances in solar scenario and development trends, (ii) electricity production, consumption, and tariffs, (iii) focus on various key aspects of photovoltaic solar installation projects inside the Dubai, Abu Dhabi emirates and other smaller projects in the UAE, (iv) different solar projects outside the UAE, and (v) the solar energy industry, including trading, assembly, manufacturing, installation, and other activities in the UAE. The review finishes with a summary of problems, current developments, and future outlooks.
AB - Demand on the energy sector has increased significantly due to the incredible evolution of the industry and urbanization. Photovoltaic (PV) technology is rapidly evolving to meet the demands of people in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by generating more electricity. The UAE has demonstrated that it has the world’s highest rates of sun exposure, indicating a significant efficiency in solar energy development. This might be a way to cut down on fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions even further. In this review, we discuss five major aspects of solar energy utilization and projects within the framework of the UAE starting with (i) recent advances in solar scenario and development trends, (ii) electricity production, consumption, and tariffs, (iii) focus on various key aspects of photovoltaic solar installation projects inside the Dubai, Abu Dhabi emirates and other smaller projects in the UAE, (iv) different solar projects outside the UAE, and (v) the solar energy industry, including trading, assembly, manufacturing, installation, and other activities in the UAE. The review finishes with a summary of problems, current developments, and future outlooks.
KW - electricity production and consumption
KW - energy projects in the UAE
KW - seven emirates
KW - solar energy industry
KW - solar energy resource
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U2 - 10.3390/en15103754
DO - 10.3390/en15103754
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85130554296
SN - 1996-1073
VL - 15
JO - Energies
JF - Energies
IS - 10
M1 - 3754
ER -