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The Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) launched a 2GW solar tender in February.

Cepsa and Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, are to partner on setting up renewable energy projects in Spain and Portugal, where Cepsa is planning 500-600MW of capacity over the next five years.

Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) aims to support 18MW of solar energy in Mauritius and Rwanda.

The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has financed a two-year renewable energy training programme for Pacific Island countries.

Ingeteam Power Technology is to supply inverters to the 1,177.36MW Sweihan solar project in Abu Dhabi, the UAE, which is set to become the world's largest PV plant in a single location once complete.

PV modules inspection agency STS-Certified had secured a mammoth contract from major India-based EPC firm, Sterling & Wilson to inspect a total of 1.17GW of JinkoSolar PV modules headed to a planned PV power plant in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

A total of US$35.6 billion was invested in solar energy worldwide in Q2 this year, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

Mumbai, Maharashtra-based engineering firm has won both the EPC and O&M contract for the world’s single largest solar PV plant – the 1,177MW Noor Abu Dhabi plant in Sweihan.

Abu Dhabi has broken ground on what will be the world’s largest independent solar plant, the deputy chairman of the country’s Executive Council has said.

A solar power project is likely to register a per kWh price below two US cents at some stage during 2017, according to analysis firm GTM Research.