Noor Abu Dhabi Solar Power plant

Noor Abu Dhabi Solar Power Plant is a single-site solar power plant located near Abu Dhabi in Sweihan. Noor translates to Light in arabic. It has 3.2 million solar panels. The plant is known to give clean energy for 90,000 individuals in Abu Dhabi. It uses a waterless robotic technology to clean the solar panels. The robots travel a distance of 1600 kilometers every day to clean it. It is operated by Sweihan PV Power Company which comes under the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA). It is a joint venture between two organizations namely the Abu Dhabi Government and a consortium of China's Jinko Solar Holding and Japan's Marubeni Corp. The plant produced a total of 2000 GWh at an efficiency rate of 93%, giving electricity to 66000 houses in September 2020.
History.
The commercial operations of the plant started on April 30, 2019.
Records/Achievements.
It attracted the word's most competitive tariff bid in 2016 that was 8.888 fils/kWh. Other awards include Utility Project of the Year at the 2020 Middle East Solar Awards and the Power Generation Project of the Year at the MEED Projects Awards 2020.