UAE’s Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant completes Unit 3 start-up

UAE’s Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant completes Unit 3 start-up

ABU DHABI - The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) today announced that its operating and maintenance subsidiary, Nawah Energy Company (Nawah) has successfully started Unit 3 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, located in the Al Dhafra Region of the emirate of Abu Dhabi.

The milestone shows the considerable progress being made in bringing the four units of the Barakah Plant, the first multi-unit operational nuclear plant in the Arab World, online and accelerating the decarbonisation of the UAE’s power sector on the way to Net Zero by 2050. The start-up of Unit 3 has been achieved a year after the start-up of Unit 2, with the next key milestone being the connection of Unit 3 to the national electricity grid in the coming weeks.

This announcement comes at a time when many countries are looking to mitigate energy shortages because of the global energy crisis, emphasising that the UAE’s decision to add nuclear energy to its energy mix back in 2008 is now delivering results, providing a clean and reliable baseload source of electricity for the nation.

Unit 3, once commercially operational, will add another 1,400 megawatts of zero-carbon emission electricity capacity to the national grid, a major boost for UAE energy