Unit 1 of Barakah nuclear energy plant achieves 50% production capacity

Unit 1 of Barakah nuclear energy plant achieves 50% production capacity

The reactor of Unit 1 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant has achieved 50 per cent of its electricity production capacity, Nawah Energy Company (Nawah) has confirmed.

This follows the synchronisation of Unit 1 to the national power grid and the dispatch of the first megawatts of clean electricity last month.

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Mohamed Ibrahim Al Hammadi, chief executive officer of ENEC, said: "The UAE is now producing clean, baseload electricity through Unit 1 of the Barakah Plant, and the Unit has now achieved 50 per cent power as part of the Power Ascension Testing our teams at Nawah are currently undertaking. Safety and quality-led progress is continuing to be made across all four Units of the Plant.“

Ali Al Hammadi,