Sweihan PV Power Company, the joint venture of Abu Dhabi Power Corporation (AD Power, 60%), Marubeni (20%) and JinkoSolar (20%), has commissioned the 1,177 MW Sweihan solar PV project in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). The project has secured a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC).
The consortium of Marubeni and JinkoSolar was awarded the Sweihan project, initially proposed as a 350 MW project, in late 2016. The consortium had submitted the lowest bid at US$2.42c/kWh, setting a new low world record for a utility-scale PV plant and offered the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) to expand the Sweihan plant to 1,170 MW at a price of US$2.30c/kWh, representing another 5% discount. In early 2018, the project was named as the Large Scale Solar Project of the Year and is one of the largest solar projects in the world.