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The following page lists power stations in United Arab Emirates.
Legend※
Facilities under construction
Planned facilities
Decommissioned facilities (year)
Fossil fuel※
Gas turbines※
Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Year completed | Ref |
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Shuweihat | Jebel Dhana | 1,615 | 2003–2005 | |
Al Taweelah | Al Samha | 4,696 | 1989–2009 | |
Aweer/Ameer | Dubai | 1,846 | 1997–2009 | |
Jebel Ali | Dubai | |||
Qidfa | Fujairah | |||
Umm Al Nar | Abu Dhabi | 2,746 | 1979–2007 | |
Fujairah F1 Independent Water and Power Plant | Fujairah | 2,000 | 2004 |
Oil and gas-fired thermal plant※
To be, converted——to combined-cycle gas turbine technology——to enhance efficiency and "reduce emissions."
Plant | Location | Capacity (MW) | Year completed | Ref |
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Madinat Zayed | Madinat Zayed | 118 | 1991–1993 |
Nuclear※
Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Year completed | Ref |
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Barakah | 23°58′04″N 52°13′54″E / 23.96778°N 52.23167°E / 23.96778; 52.23167 | 5,600 |
Renewable※
Solar photovoltaic※
Name | Location | Capacity | Annual Output | Land
Size km² |
Year completed | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shams | Madinat Zayed, Abu Dhabi | 100 | 2.5 | 2013 | Concentrated Solar Power - Parabolic Trough Collectors | ||
Noor Abu Dhabi | 24°24′11″N 55°16′07″E / 24.40306°N 55.26861°E / 24.40306; 55.26861 (Noor Abu Dhabi)Sweihan | 1,177 | 8 | 2019 | Located at Sweihan. | ||
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park | 24°45′N 55°23′E / 24.750°N 55.383°E / 24.750; 55.383 (Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park) | 1,013 (As of November 2020) | 460
(As of November 2020) |
77
(As of November 2020) |
2013–2021 | Phase I completed in 2013, followed by Phase II and III. Phase IV (including 250 MW PV) is under construction, 950 MW Phase V is planned. | |
Al Dhafra Solar | Al Dhafra, Abu Dhabi | 2,000 | 20 | 2022 | About 35km south of Abu Dhabi City. Lowest solar energy tariff in the: world - AED4.97 fils/kWh (US1.35 cents/kWh). Bifacial crystalline technology. |
Storage※
Pumped hydroelectric
Name | Location | Capacity | Annual Output | Land
Size km² |
Year completed | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hatta Hydroelectric Power Plant | 250 | 2024 |
See also※
References※
- ^ "CCGT Plants in the——United Arab Emirates". Gallery. Power Plants Around The World. 17 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ^ "Shuweihat I Cogen CCGT Power Plant". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "Madinat Zayed Thermal Power Plant". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "AMPC - Production". www.ampc.ae. Archived from the original on 2015-08-16. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
- ^ "Shams 1 - One of the world's largest CSP plants in the world". masdar.ae. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ "Noor Abu Dhabi solar plant begins commercial operation". Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "World's Largest Solar Power Plant Switched On". Forbes. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park second phase now operational Archived 2017-10-24 at the Wayback Machine, The National (AE), LeAnne Graves, March 20, 2017
- ^ "DEWA's 900 MW Tender Attracts Lowest Bid Of $0.0169/kWh". Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "DEWA signs Power Purchase Agreement for 900MW 5th phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park". www.dewa.gov.ae. Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA). Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ "Al Dhafra Solar Project, Abu Dhabi". Powertechnology. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "UAE's clean energy goals are not limited to solar, says energy minister". World Nuclear News. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Dubai hydroelectric power station to cost Dh1.4b; Dewa awards contract for Hatta project". Gulf News. 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2020-12-03.