World’s first unmanned district cooling plant will be serving 82 buildings in Jumeirah Village – MEP MiddleEast

World’s first unmanned district cooling plant will be serving 82 buildings in Jumeirah Village – MEP MiddleEast

Unique of its kind, the third generation district cooling plant serves the residents of 52 buildings with a total cooling capacity of 38,000 refrigeration tonnes.. Empower has saved a total of 1,224 MW electricity worth $871million as of the end of 2019.. Residents of 30 new buildings will be supplied with the cooling services, bringing the total number to 82 buildings, with a total cooling capacity of 49,000RT by the end of 2020.. The new plant in JVC adopts the latest technologies in district cooling systems, including monitoring and adjusting the water flow to and from the cooling plant via the Thermal Energy Storage (TES) technology, which helps reducing the burden on the grid during peak hours..