Construction work has begun on the first coal fired power plant in the GCC, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has confirmed.
Harbin Electric International and General Electric (GE) won the EPC contract to build the giant 2,400MW Hassyan clean coal power plant in Dubai.
Located in Jebel Ali, Hassyan will be the first project of its kind in the region and will use the latest ultra-supercritical technology to restrict carbon emissions.
Phase 1 of the project consists of four units of 600 MW power each, which will respectively be operational in March 2020, March 2021, March 2022 and March 2023.
A consortium of Saudi-based ACWA Power and Harbin Electric is the principal private partner in the project which is being developed under the Independent Power Project (IPP) model.
The project will meet flue gas emission limits more stringently than emission limits in the Industrial Emissions Directive of the European Union and in the International Finance Corporation Guidelines.