The SANA Solar Power Plant, established in the Sajaa region of Sharjah, has officially entered into service with a structure covering an area of 850,000 square meters. The facility, developed through a partnership between Emerge—a joint venture between Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC), Sharjah Electricity, Water, and Gas Authority (SEWA), Masdar, and French energy company EDF—stands out as the emirate's first public-scale solar energy project with a capacity of 60 megawatts.
Emerge, a joint venture between Masdar and EDF, develops and implements renewable energy projects in the region. The investment, construction, and 25-year operation and maintenance processes of the SANA plant will also be carried out by Emerge.
The facility is designed to meet all of SNOC's energy needs during daytime hours. Excess energy produced will be transferred to SEWA; during nighttime hours, the energy required by SNOC will be supplied by SEWA. This cycle makes the plant a rare example of a facility that both produces and uses its own energy while also contributing to the grid.
The facility, which will prevent 66,000 tons of carbon emissions annually, has the capacity to produce clean energy equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of approximately 13,780 households. The facility has more than 98,000 solar panels installed on 13,000 movable poles that can track the sun. This system aims to provide maximum energy efficiency throughout the day.
The fact that many of the engineers involved in the project are young Emirli professionals who graduated from local universities highlights the project's importance in terms of human resources.
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