Meed | Dubai begins H station testing

Dubai begins H station testing

18 January 2024

State utility Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has started operational testing of the 829MW fourth phase of its power plant in Al-Aweer known as H-Station.

The project has required a total investment of AED1.1bn ($299.5m).

According to Dewa, tests include the initial operation of turbines and power generators and connecting to the power grid.

The state utility awarded the $299.5m contract to a consortium of Germany’s Siemens and Egypt’s Elsewedy Power to build the fourth-phase expansion of the Al-Aweer H Station power plant in February 2018.

Prior to the construction of the facility's fourth phase, the H Station plant had a capacity of 1,996MW.

The testing ensures the "quality and reliability of the units’ secure operations on the network and will continue until the completion of the project in the second quarter of 2024", according to Saeed Mohammed al-Tayer, Dewa managing director and CEO.

The project was initially expected to be completed in 2020.

In addition to Siemens and Elsewedy, other local and regional companies are contributing to the project, including supply supplying, installing, testing, and commissioning three F-class Siemens gas turbines.

The project also includes installing other devices and equipment from major international companies such as natural gas compressors from Germany's Man and a natural gas treatment station from Dutch firm Petrogas.

Photo: Dewa

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Jennifer Aguinaldo