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SHANGHAI, June 24, 2020/PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--

Shanghai Electric (SHA:601727) announced today that it has completed the Molten

Salt Receiver (MSR) tower top receiver in Dubai's DEWA IV phase 700MW

Concentrating Solar Power and 250MW Photovoltaic Hybrid Project. The company

safely constructed the tower-the tallest such structure in the world-in a

record 240 days, despite taking extensive precautions due to the Coronavirus

pandemic. It is currently the world's largest photothermal and photovoltaic

integrated power plant project, covering an area of 44 Sq.Km.

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"This has been a very challenging project, especially with the important extra

tasks relate to keeping people healthy and safe," said Mr. Abdulhameed Al

Muhaidib, NE1 project executive managing director. "On this landmark project,

more than 4,000 construction workers from all over the world, as a diverse

team, we work together, work hard for a goal."

Shanghai Electric, which is the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)

contractor for Noor Energy 1(Project Owner), supplied personal protective

equipment (PPE) to all workers and implemented procedures for virus prevention

and control. The safety measures have ensured that labor, schedule and budget

disruptions were kept to a minimum.

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The MSR is about 40 meters high and is mounted on top of the heat tower body,

which is about 222 meters high. The resulting approx 262-meter tower makes the

tallest tower solar power station in the world today. The project uses a "one

plot for Tower Concentrating Solar Power, three plots for Parabolic Through

Concentrating Solar Power, and rest for Photovoltaic" solar power combination

with a total power generation reaching 950MW. When completed, it will provide

green energy for 320,000 households, reducing carbon emissions by 1.6 million

tons per year. The project has played a significant part of Dubai's 2050 energy

strategy. The strategy, which planned to be 7% realized by 2020, is now running

ahead of schedule, with 9% of the region's 11,700MW electricity requirements

now powered by solar, and other renewables.

The station's power generation principle is based on the

"light--heat--electricity" energy conversion process, which is the molten salt

absorbs the solar energy reflected by the heliostat through more than a

thousand receiver tubes, heating the molten salt flowing in the MSR. The

resulting molten salt passes through a steam generation system to produce

high-pressure, high-temperature steam, which in turn drives a turbine generator.  

Hydraulic steel strands are vertically hoisted and distributed as control units

for precise lift control at each lifting point. The operating device is checked

and commissioned in detail before lifting, a process that involves the

comprehensive use of safety technology. Internal level monitors, bottom

anti-collision devices and surrounding monitoring equipment ensure the overall

safety of the MSR in place. Mr. Liu Minghua, executive deputy general manager

of Shanghai Electric Power Generation Engineering Co.,Ltd, said, "The

successful intake of the MSR has enabled Shanghai Electric to accumulate

valuable experience and laid a solid foundation in the field of Concentrating

Solar Power."

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SOURCE: Shanghai Electric