Logistics Middle East – August 2019

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SOLAR ENERGY | NEWS ANALYSIS

completed the installation^ Chalhoub Group has

of over 6,200 solar panels at both its head ofl ce and

main warehouse in Jebel Ali Free Zone.

retailer Apparel Group^ In late March, Middle East

launched its solar plant at its Dubai warehouse facilities in

partnership with SirajPower.

and plastic to our partnership with SirajPower, we have
always challenged ourselves to operate in a more sustain-
able way whilst also making consistent energy savings to
create a greener footprint,” says Nilesh Ved, chairman at
Apparel Group.
In April, Yellow Door Energy commissioned a solar plant
for Kamal Osman Jamjoom Group (KOJ) in Dubai Invest-
ments Park (DIP). The solar plant will generate 7,100 mega-
watt hours of clean energy in the 20-year lease duration,
equivalent to reducing 3,100 metric tons of carbon emissions
or removing 680 vehicles from the road.
“As a retailer with nearly 700 stores in seven countries,
we are always looking for creative ways to reduce both our
operational costs and environmental footprint. Solar leasing
helps us achieve both objectives,” said Hisham Al Amoudi,
CEO of KOJ. “Yellow Door Energy came to the table with a
solution that is economically and environmentally attrac-
tive, and we welcome the commissioning of the solar plant
at our DIP facility.”
GAC Dubai meanwhile is installing over 15,000 high-
efficiency solar panels to generate electricity for two of
its contract logistics facilities. It has appointed Total Solar
Middle East, a 100% owned Total subsidiary dedicated to
solar activities, to fit the SunPower P19-series solar panels.
Approximately 3.42 megawatts of solar capacity will be
fitted at GAC Logistics Park in the Jebel Ali Free Zone, cov-
ering 73% of its total electricity needs, while 2.65 megawatts
of solar capacity at Dubai South will provide 93% of the
electricity needs of GAC’s newest contract logistics facil-

ity there. The company is also looking into installing solar

panels at its other warehouses in Jebel Ali.

Chalhoub Group has completed the installation of over

6,200 solar panels at both its head office and main warehouse

in Jebel Ali Free Zone. The solar panel installation is set

to cut 1,750 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year and

the system size is 2,142 kWp. Chalhoub Group partnered

with Enviromena for the project. The company provided

full scope of services using only Tier-1 components and the

highest quality standard.

And most recently, SirajPower announced the installation

of a solar power plant on the premises of RSA-TALKE, the

chemicals-focused subsidiary of RSA Global. The installation

is located on the rooftop of RSA-TALKE’s non-dangerous

goods chemical facility in Dubai South. It is the fourth solar

power plant installed by SirajPower on a RSA Global build-

ing since the signature of the fully financed leasing scheme

two years ago, which at the time made RSA the first to go

solar in Dubai South.

The new agreement with SirajPower includes the instal-

lation, financing and operation of a 1 MWp PV system on

RSA-TALKE’s warehouses, under a 20 years leasing scheme.

The plant will cover more than 78% of electricity consump-

tion, saving 1,100 tons of CO2 from the first year of operation.

“We see a big push towards solar in different sectors of

the market including logistics. The buildings of these com-

panies consume a lot of power, thus making an impact on

their carbon footprint is becoming inevitable,” says Laurent

Longuet, CEO at SirajPower.