Dubai: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) will open a tender in two weeks to build a coal-fired plant with a capacity of 1200 Megawatts (MW), Saeed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dewa said.
The Hassyan coal-fired power plant is expected to operate on two phases, which are due in 2020 and 2021, he said during Water, Electricity, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition (Wetex),
By 2030 the share of power generation from coal-fired will reach 7 per cent of energy production, Al Tayer said.
Dewa also signed a contract with Siemens for the construction of the Jebel Ali M-Station expansion. The contract was originally awarded in February.
The project is worth Dh1.47 billion ($400 million) and will be completed by end of April 2018. DEWA previously appointed Mott McDonald as the project consultant.
The new combined-cycle power plant will add a further 700 megawatts (MW) to the installed generating capacity of M-Station at Jebel Ali, boosting its capacity to 2,760MW when the project is completed in 2018.
The expansion project includes adding two gas turbine generators, two heat recovery steam turbine generators, and one back-pressure steam turbine. This will increase the plant’s thermal efficiency from 82.4 per cent to 85.8 per cent, which is considered to be one of the highest thermal-efficiency rates in the world, he said
M-Station, built at a cost of Dh10 billion, is the newest and largest power production and desalination plant in the UAE, with a total capacity of 2,060MW of electricity and 140 million imperial gallons of water per day. The station adopts the highest levels of availability, reliability, and efficiency, using the most advanced technologies in the world.
Jebel Ali Power Station includes M-Station, which is one of the main pillars that enable DEWA to provide Dubai with a very reliable, efficient and high quality electricity and water supply. DEWA works tirelessly to enhance its installed capacity, which is currently 9,656MW of electricity and 470 million imperial gallons of desalinated water per day. After completing this station, DEWA’s installed capacity will reach 10,356MW of electricity.
