List of power stations in the United Arab Emirates

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
Shuweihat	Jebel Dhana	1,615	2003–2005	[1] [2]
Al Taweelah	Al Samha	4,696	1989–2009	[1]
Aweer/Ameer	Dubai	1,846	1997–2009	[1]
Jebel Ali	Dubai			[1]
Qidfa	Fujairah			[1]
Umm Al Nar	Abu Dhabi	2,746	1979–2007	[1]
Fujairah F1 Independent Water and Power Plant	Fujairah	2,000	2004	[citation needed]

Oil and gas-fired thermal plant

To be converted to combined-cycle gas turbine technology to enhance efficiency and reduce emissions.^{[citation needed]}

Plant	Location	Capacity (MW)	Year completed	Ref
Madinat Zayed	Madinat Zayed	118	1991–1993	[3][4]

Nuclear

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Year completed	Ref
Barakah	23°58′04″N 52°13′54″E	5,600		[citation needed]

Renewable

Solar photovoltaic

Name	Location	Capacity MWp or MWAC (*)	Annual Output GWh	Land Size km²	Year completed	Notes	Ref
Shams	Madinat Zayed, Abu Dhabi	100		2.5	2013	Concentrated Solar Power - Parabolic Trough Collectors	[5]
Noor Abu Dhabi	24°24′11″N 55°16′07″ESweihan	1,177		8	2019	Located at Sweihan.	[6][7]
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park	24°45′N 55°23′E	1,013 (As of November 2020[update])	460 (As of November 2020[update])	77 (As of November 2020[update])	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.	[8][9][10]
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.	[11][12]

Storage

Pumped hydroelectric

Name	Location	Capacity MWp or MWAC (*)	Annual Output GWh	Land Size km²	Year completed	Notes	Ref
Hatta Hydroelectric Power Plant		250			2024		[13]

See also

• Energy portal
• United Arab Emirates portal

• List of power stations in Asia

References

1. "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.
2. "Shuweihat I Cogen CCGT Power Plant". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
3. "Madinat Zayed Thermal Power Plant". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
4. "AMPC - Production". www.ampc.ae. Archived from the original on 2015-08-16. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
5. "Shams 1 - One of the world's largest CSP plants in the world". masdar.ae. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
6. "Noor Abu Dhabi solar plant begins commercial operation". Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
7. "World's Largest Solar Power Plant Switched On". Forbes. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
8. 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
9. "DEWA's 900 MW Tender Attracts Lowest Bid Of $0.0169/kWh". Retrieved 12 October 2019.
10. "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.
11. "Al Dhafra Solar Project, Abu Dhabi". Powertechnology. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
12. "UAE's clean energy goals are not limited to solar, says energy minister". World Nuclear News. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
13. "Dubai hydroelectric power station to cost Dh1.4b; Dewa awards contract for Hatta project". Gulf News. 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2020-12-03.