Empower transforms Business Bay into world’s largest district cooling project – Construction Week Online

Empower transforms Business Bay into world’s largest district cooling project – Construction Week Online

Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world’s largest district cooling provider based in Dubai, UAE, has launched a massive development program that will expand and improve the district cooling infrastructure in the region.

The project transfers the company’s efficiency rates to unprecedented levels and makes the Business Bay area in Dubai, the single largest and independent urban district cooling project in the world, with a total capacity of 450,000 refrigeration tons (RT) through six cooling plants and 10 thermal energy storage tanks including the existing and upcoming plants and tanks. It is expected to complete all the phases of the development project by end of this year.

Empower’s CEO, Ahmad Bin Shafar, stated: “We continue our leadership in the district cooling sector, and we have embarked the process of completing the largest district cooling project of its kind in the world, which could be a significant jump in the global district cooling business now and in the future”.