Cable manufacturer Ducab Group will connect the 2 GW Al Dhafra solar plant to the national grid, WAM reported yesterday. The cable manufacturer was awarded an engineering, procurement & contracting (EPC) contract to connect the world’s largest solar plant to the TRANSCO grid — the Abu Dhabi Transmission and Despatch Company. When the Dhafra facility comes online, it will provide electricity for approximately 160k homes using 3.5 mn solar panels. The company did not disclose financial information on the project.

OVER IN KSA, Al Jubail desalination plant will install panels to supply it with 110 MW of solar energy, the Saudi Press Agency reported Monday. The Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) will install some of the solar panels on water to reduce the facility’s energy consumption to 2.16 KWh per cubic meter, down from 2.7 KWh. The PV cells will reduce carbon emissions while cutting down on operational costs. The company has not announced the financial details of the project.