Located deep within Dubai's desert interior, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park -- named after the emirate's ruler and the UAE's vice president and prime minister -- continues to grow and has just passed another milestone. First announced in 2012 and with a scheduled completion date of 2030, the 5,000-megawatt solar park will take three times as long to finish as the Burj Khalifa . An undated image of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Solar Park in construction in Dubai. A digital rendering of the concentrated solar tower planned for the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai. At the time of writing, the 1,547-megawatt Tengger Desert Solar Park in Ningxia, China is considered the largest operating photovoltaic park in the world.

Source: CNN April 24, 2019 23:15 UTC