Dubai, UAE - HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) inaugurated the expansion of the M plant in Jebel Ali, the largest power and desalination plant in the country, with a total cost of AED 11.6 billion , And its current production capacity, after the expansion, to 2885 megawatts of electricity and 140 million gallons of desalinated water daily, certified the highest levels of availability, reliability, efficiency and quality.
The expansion of the M plant, which cost about AED 1.5 billion, took 20 million hours of work, and the addition of new generating units with a capacity of 700 megawatts.
HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Chairman of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), said the expansion of the M plant is a great addition to the energy sector in the UAE and a new achievement for its ambitious achievements to further its vision of the world's highest standards. Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and the directives of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, to enhance Dubai's position and achieve a qualitative leap in quality of life. , To raise the status of the state to be the best country in the world World.
He said that the Authority has been keen to use the world's leading standards in the various stages of the implementation of the expansion project M station, and relying on the best global technologies, the latest smart devices and high-tech systems.
The expansion work included the completion of more than 20 million hours of work without accidents during the construction period. The focus was on capacity building and the transfer of international expertise to national cadres, thus contributing to the nationalization of the energy sector.
The expansion of the M plant included the addition of two gas-turbine turbines with a production capacity of 263.5 megawatts per unit, two steam recovery boilers for steam production and a steam turbine of Siemens with a capacity of 173 megawatts. The expansion project will increase the fuel efficiency of the plant M), from 82.4% to 85.8%, one of the highest rates of fuel efficiency in the world. Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is continuously developing a strong infrastructure to secure electricity and water supply and enhance its production capacity. The total capacity of the Authority is 11,100 megawatts of electricity and 470 million gallons of desalinated water per day.
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Billion, the total cost of the largest power generation and desalination plant in the country.