The first floating solar power plant in the UAE will start generating electricity within days from Nurai Island, east of the city of Abu Dhabi.

The performance of the pilot facility, which has a capacity of only 80 kilowatts, will serve as an important test for similar projects in the region that was historically highly dependent on revenue from oil and gas production.

Inwirrer, Stephen Mokstein, Chief Operating Officer of Enrower, said in an interview with Bloomberg that installing and maintaining solar panels at sea is costly, as it costs about three times the cost of land projects.

Add to that the technical problems that must be addressed.



“Obviously, dealing with solar panels at sea with waves and the possibility of erosion of the panels represents a much greater challenge than installing solar panels in the desert,” Muxstein said.

By : BBC Abu Dhabi