Dewa invites bids for coal power plant

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has issued a request for tenders for the new clean coal power plant, as part of its efforts to diversify Dubai’s energy mix, and use new sources to generate electricity.

This will produce 12 per cent of Dubai’s total power output, according to the Dubai Integrated Energy Strategy 2030, formulated by the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy.

Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dewa, stated that this will be the first plant of its kind plant in the region to use clean coal technology and that the project will contribute significantly to alternate sources of energy.

Al Tayer also explained that the plant’s total production capacity will reach 1,200 MW, which will be carried out in two 600 MW phases, with the first phase to be completed by 2020, and the second by 2021.

Al Tayer also referred to the Dubai Integrated Energy Strategy 2030 as a key factor in securing and diversifying Dubai’s energy sources to include 12 per cent from clean coal, 12 per cent from nuclear energy; 5 per cent from solar power, and 71 per cent from natural gas.