Abu Dhabi will supply water and electricity to northern emirates

Abu Dhabi: The Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority will supply the federal authority with electricity for the northern emirates, an official said.

The supply will not exceed 2,500 megawatts a day by the year 2015, and will be confined to residential buildings and services establishments such as hospitals and schools. Development projects and commercial buildings will not be included.

"Delivering the agreed quantity of supply will depend on the commercial operation of our F2 station at Fujairah, which is expected to commercially produce electricity by the summer of 2010 with a daily capacity of 2,000 megawatts of electricity and 130 million gallons of water," the official said.

"The authority will undertake the development of the transfer networks in the Northern Emirates according to the related agreement, while two 400 kilovolts substations will be established in Ajman and Fujairah for exclusive residential and governmental use," he said.