The REC stand will feature the company’s TwinPeak solar panels, designed for super-efficient energy yield, an aquarium with floating REC Peak Energy solar panels, scale models of landmark installations, and a video to present a new rooftop project with REC solar panels in Dubai. Visitors can find REC at booth 7330.
With a team of 10 solar specialists and a 70-square-metre stand, REC is hosting its largest-ever presence at WFES, and its strongest showing at any trade event across the entire Middle East & Africa (MEA) region, thereby indicating REC’s aim to become a leader on solar energy solutions in the MEA region.
The TwinPeak series are rated up to 280 Watt peak (Wp), thereby delivering more output per square metre and efficiency gains of up to 17 percent. These panels are already generating clean energy in key solar energy projects across the region, including the new ‘Redtag’ installation on the rooftop of the logistics centre of UAE retailer BMA International FZE. This 572 kW project is powered by over 2,000 TwinPeak panels and is one of the first under the new ‘Shams Dubai’ initiative, which aims to kick-start the private rooftop solar market in UAE. In addition to providing the panels, REC also provided full EPC expertise for the installation.
Visitors to the stand can watch a video highlighting REC’s solar installation at Dubai International Airport, which was completed last year. This 635 kW installation comprises 2,592 Peak Energy solar panels and is a highly visible project at an international hub.
Also on show at the REC booth is a model of the installation at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park for the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA). This is a test facility with around 130 installed solar panels of various technologies, including multicrystalline, monocrystalline, and thin film.
A miniaturised floating solar panel installation at the booth demonstrates REC’s ability to deploying its solar panels in floating solar panel installations to the same standards of reliability, performance and quality, covered by the company’s product and performance warranty of 10, respectively 25 years, now expanded to applications on water surfaces.
“REC is proud that our solar panels are consistently deployed in the landmark projects that are driving energy transformation in UAE and the region” said Luc Graré, Senior Vice President EMEA, REC. “The push for solar energy is gathering momentum. Considering the low generation costs for utility-scale solar PV installations in UAE of 5 to 10 US cents per kWh, REC expects a bright future for solar in the Middle East.”
Despite being among the largest producers of fossil fuels worldwide, at the recent UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, countries across the Middle East have pledged to reduce emissions as part of global efforts to mitigate the impact of climate change, and are diversifying their energy mix by including more renewable energy sources. By 2021, the WFES host UAE is committed to meeting a quarter of its energy needs from clean energy sources. IHS forecasts that the market will take off in 2017, passing the 1 GW mark of new installations, and reaching almost 2 GW in 2019.
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