UAE: Hatta hydroelectric plant work over 70% completed

UAE: Hatta hydroelectric plant work over 70% completed

Dubai Supreme Council of Energy (DSCE) has announced that steady progress is being made on its pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant at Hatta region with 70% of the work already completed.

The plant, which is being built by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) at a total investment of AED1.42 billion ($387 million), is on track for completion in Q4 next year, stated DSCE in its 76th meeting which was chaired by Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum.

The meeting, held virtually in the presence of Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of the DSCE, discussed the progress of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park phases, in accordance with the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 and the Dubai Net Zero Carbon Emissions Strategy 2050, to provide 100% of Dubai’s total power capacity from clean energy sources by 2050.

The solar park’s production capacity has reached 2,327 megawatts (MW) in addition to 533 MW underway, said DSCE in its statement.

Dewa also announced the 1,800MW 6th phase, of the solar park to reach 5,000 MW of production capacity by the end of 2030. The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park includes a Research and Development Centre specialising in developing photovoltaic cells, storage batteries,