Meed | Bahrain mall to install solar carport

Bahrain mall to install solar carport

24 April 2024

The Avenues-Bahrain has signed a solar power purchase agreement (PPA) with UAE-headquartered solar company Yellow Door Energy (YDE) for a 3.5MW solar carport system encompassing the mall’s entire outdoor parking facility.

According to the shopping mall operator, YDE will build, operate and maintain the solar carport, which will comprise over 6,000 bi-facial solar panels providing shade for 1,025 parking spots while generating over 5.8 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of clean energy in its first year.

The Avenues-Bahrain expects construction of the solar carport to begin soon and be completed by the fourth quarter of 2024.

The solar carport, covering an area of 23,500 square metres (sqm), will complement the mall’s four-year-old rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) system, which has a capacity of 250KW and offsets 300 metric tonnes of carbon emissions annually.

The Avenues-Bahrain win marks YDE’s sixth secured solar project in Bahrain, bringing its total portfolio in the country to over 30MW of awarded solar projects.

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Jennifer Aguinaldo