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Dominica and UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund to Sign $50m Clean-Energy Plant Contract
Dominica and UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund to Sign $50m Clean-Energy Plant Contract
LONDON, May 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica and the UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund (UAE-CREF) have announced a deal for a hurricane-resistant clean energy project. The $50 million development in Dominica will support a 5-megawatt/2.5 megawatt-hours battery energy storage system that will aid the island’s clean energy objectives.
The system is forecasted to stabilise the electricity grid and deliver reserve power and frequency control to the extreme weather prone nation. It will also give the people of Dominica secure access to clean, renewable energy and pave the way to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Dominica and UAE-CREF to sign $50m clean-energy plant contract
LONDON, 5 days ago The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica and the UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund (UAE-CREF) have announced a deal for a hurricane-resistant clean energy project. The $50 million development in Dominica will support a 5-megawatt/2.5 megawatt-hours battery energy storage system that will aid the island s clean energy objectives. The system is forecasted to stabilise the electricity grid and deliver reserve power and frequency control to the extreme weather prone nation. It will also give the people of Dominica secure access to clean, renewable energy and pave the way to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
UAE-CREF awards $50m contract for clean-energy plant in Dominica
05 May 2021 The project will support the stabilisation of Dominica’s electricity grid and enable it to achieve its climate resilience goals. WAM The UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund (UAE-CREF), the largest renewable energy investment of its type in the region, which is fully financed by Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), has announced the signing of an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build a hurricane-resistant clean energy project worth $50 million in Dominica.
Masdar, one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, is leading the design and implementation of the project to build a 5-megawatt/2.5 megawatt-hours battery energy storage system, which will support the island nation’s clean energy objectives. The system will stabilize the electricity grid, provide reserve power and frequency control, and provide an additional level of climat