UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA), Dubal Holding and Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) introduced a main initiative that would unlock significant additional development of photo voltaic electrical energy generation capability in Abu Dhabi, progress energy asset and generation optimization, and decarbonize EGA’s aluminum manufacturing within the United Arab Emirates, a information launch noted.
The initiative, now topic to additional negotiation and regulatory approvals in each Abu Dhabi and Dubai, would advance TAQA and Dubal Holding’s growth strategies, see EGA become a chief within the worldwide aluminum industry’s drive towards net zero by 2050, and support EWEC’s continued development of strategic renewable energy initiatives to reduce the carbon depth of the energy sector.
TAQA and Dubal Holding envisage buying EGA’s electrical energy generation assets within the UAE, holding a 50 per cent share each. The energy generated from the assets would be supplied to the grid under a long-term energy buy settlement with despatch of the assets through EWEC’s load despatch centre.
The assets, located in Jebel Ali and Al Taweelah, total 6,474 megawatts of energy generation capacity, predominantly mixed cycle gas generators technology. These include a few of the most environment friendly generators within the region, collectively with an H-class engine in Jebel Ali that was commissioned in 2021.
TAQA’s working company, Abu Dhabi Transmission and Despatch Company (TRANSCO), would join the energy assets to the grid, in addition to investing in developing the interconnections to improve the community to incorporate new substations and strengthening connectivity within the UAE.
For TAQA, the acquisition of EGA’s energy assets would increase the company’s UAEbased capability to greater than 22 gigawatts, in line with TAQA’s growth technique to extend home capability to 30 gigawatts by 2030.
Dubal Holding, as a 50 per cent shareholder of EGA, helps EGA’s sustainability initiatives and additionally has its personal goal of getting a strong, diversified energy and energy portfolio.
EGA would supply energy from the grid through a long-term electrical energy provide agreement, collectively with an increasing proportion of clear energy procured by EWEC. This would make EGA the largest single electrical energy consumer on the grid.
The new regular energy demand from EGA will increase the predictability of the general energy system, and advances EWEC’s development of new photo voltaic energy projects.
The scale of the expansion as a direct results of this initiative is anticipated to be greater than the present total put in photo voltaic generation capability within the United Arab Emirates.
EGA would make the most of this extra photo voltaic energy as soon as it’s developed, which might allow EGA to vastly increase the proportion of its manufacturing that’s CelestiAL photo voltaic aluminum. EGA would even have entry to clear energy from existing photo voltaic energy generation assets, and the Barakah nuclear energy plant for different low carbon aluminum products.
Abdulnasser Bin Kalban, Chief Executive Officer of EGA, said: “Sourcing costeffective clear energy from the grid will allow EGA to lead our global industry right into a extra sustainable future. Today, we’re taking one other historic step towards achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. We are additionally assuring that EGA’s global competitiveness will strengthen over the decades ahead, not solely because the world’s largest ‘premium aluminum’ producer however additionally one of its most environmentally responsible.”
Jasim Husain Thabet, Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of TAQA, said: “At TAQA, we have set out our plans for sustainable growth, and the potential acquisition of EGA’s energy assets helps our 2030 ambitions so as to add worth for our stakeholders whereas additional supporting the UAE’s sustainability efforts.
Working along with EGA, Dubal Holding and EWEC, we will allow EGA to attach to a various energy combine in addition to allow for the event of additional renewable energy projects in Abu Dhabi.”
Othman Juma Al Ali, Chief Executive Officer of EWEC, said: “This initiative helps EGA in making a highly effective assertion of their sustainability goals, and ensures EWEC can proceed to considerably make investments in our strategic clear energy initiatives and obtain greater efficiencies from our existing fleet through optimized operations.
EWEC has overseen the event of the world’s present largest single-site photo voltaic energy plant, Noor Abu Dhabi, and future world’s largest single-site photo voltaic energy plant, Al Dhafra PV. Through this initiative we can safe new photo voltaic energy generation capacity, diversify our energy manufacturing portfolio with a spotlight on sustainability, and additional advance our decarbonization of the energy sector.”
Ahmad Hamad Bin Fahad, Chief Executive Officer of Dubal Holding, said: “Supporting the environment through systematic and cautious investments in inexperienced energy projects aligns with our broader funding technique and mandate.
There is a global alignment to reduce our carbon-footprint and we’re excited to pursue this initiative by supporting EGA with its goal to obtain net-zero emissions by 2050. We are additionally inspired to support the broader inter-Emirate cooperation within the energy sector as this will additional boost each the native and bigger UAE economy.”
In December 2021, EGA acquired JA Power & Water Company, a three way partnership formed by EGA’s shareholders, Mubadala Investment Company and Dubal Holding, which owns the H-class energy block at EGA’s Jebel Ali site. This transaction introduced all of the energy assets on EGA’s websites within the UAE under the company’s ownership.
The Al Taweelah and Jebel Ali energy plants would join TAQA’s existing home fleet of energy and water assets, which will be a significant addition to an already spectacular pipeline of record-breaking greenfield projects currently under construction.
These projects include the world’s largest RO desalination project – Taweelah RO, the UAE’s largest and most superior independent gas-fired energy project – Fujairah F3, and one of many world’s largest single-site photo voltaic photovoltaic (PV) projects – Al Dhafra Solar PV.