Energy & Science

Abu Dhabi in Talks With EDF, Jinko to Install Huge Solar Farm

  • Oil-rich emirate to build 2-gigawatt solar facility in desert
  • Massive solar parks can deliver clean power at a low cost

Super-sized solar projects have become increasingly common as developers can use the size to drive down costs.

Photographer: Duncan Chard/Bloomberg

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A pairing of Electricite de France’s renewables arm and China’s Jinko Solar is the lead bidder to build a solar farm larger than 4,200 soccer pitches that would supply power at what could be record-low prices.