Completion of 29% of the 250 megawatt hydroelectric station in Hatta
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The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) reported that the completion rate of the hydroelectric plant with stored hydropower technology in Hatta has reached 29%, while the plant's production capacity will reach 250 megawatts, with a storage capacity of 1,500 megawatts per hour and a lifespan of up to 80 years.
DEWA said in a statement that the new station is the first of its kind in the Arab Gulf region, noting that the project's investments amount to one billion and 421 million dirhams.
The authority stated that the Managing Director and CEO of DEWA, Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, visited the site of the construction works at the station, during a tour of the project, where he listened to a detailed explanation of the progress of the project.
The visit also included an inspection of the construction works of the upper dam of the project, as the construction of the first wall of the upper dam, with a height of 37 meters of compressed concrete, was completed.
In the production of electricity, the hydroelectric station will depend on making use of the water stored in the Hatta Dam, and another upper dam being built in the mountainous region.
Advanced turbines based on clean energy produced in the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Energy Complex will work in reverse to pump water from the Hatta Dam to the upper dam. The upper dam to the Hatta dam, by creating an underground water channel of up to 1.2 km in length, and the cycle efficiency of the electricity production and storage process will reach 78.9% with an immediate response to energy demand within 90 seconds.
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