UAE - Mubasher: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has completed 23% of the AED 1.421 billion Hatta hydroelectric power plant, the first of its kind in the Gulf region.
The plant production capacity is set to record 250 megawatts (MW) with a storage capacity of 1,500-megawatt hours and a lifespan of 80 years, according to a press release on Tuesday.
The Managing Director and CEO of DEWA, Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, said that the service tunneling operations of 500 metre long each at the hydroelectric power plant were completed.
Meanwhile, the Executive Vice President of Generation at DEWA, Nasser Lootah, remarked that the plant will depend on advanced turbines that run on clean energy generated at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park to pump water from the Hatta dam to the upper reservoir.
Turbines will be used to generate electricity through a 1.2 kilometre subterranean water canal, with high efficiency in power generation and storage of up to 78.9%.
Al Tayer referred: "This strategic project supports the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 to provide 75% of Dubai’s total power capacity from clean energy sources."
It is noteworthy to mention that in August 2019, DEWA awarded a contract to a consortium comprising Strabag Dubai, Strabag AG, Andritz Hydro, and Ozkar for the construction of the pumped-storage hydroelectric power station at Hatta.
