Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has announced that more than 50% of the work has been completed on the pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant at Hatta.
A first station of its kind in the GCC, it involves investments of up to AED1.421 billion ($387 million).
Giving a project update, Dewa said the construction of the 72-m main Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) wall of the upper dam is over and also the work on the 37-m-high RCC side wall at the project’s upper dam, is fully completed.
The plant will have a production capacity of 250 megawatts (MW) and a storage capacity of 1,500 megawatt-hours and a life span of up to 80 years. It will use the stored water in Hatta Dam, and the upper dam that is built in the mountain to produce electricity.
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dewa, said the Hatta plant comes as part of its efforts to achieve the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 and Net Zero Carbon Emissions Strategy 2050 to provide 100 percent of Dubai’s total power production capacity from clean energy sources by 2050.
"The project supports the comprehensive plan to develop Hatta and meet its social, economic, developmental and environmental needs, in addition to providing job opportunities for citizens in Hatta," he stated.
Al Tayer said Hatta project was launched as part of its initiatives to diversify energy production from renewable and clean sources in Dubai.
These include different technologies such as solar photovoltaic panels, concentrated solar power, and green hydrogen production using renewable energy, he added.-TradeArabia News Service
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