First firing of gas turbine at Dhs1b power plant completed at EGA’s site
03 Feb 2021 The new plant is integrated to achieve a generation capacity of over 600MW. Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, Mubadala and Dubal Holding on Wednesday completed a major milestone with the first firing of the Siemens Energy H-class gas turbine at a new Dhs1 billion state-of-the-art power plant at EGA’s Jebel Ali site.
The Siemens Energy H-class gas turbine, a leading technology in efficient power generation, is the heart of the new power plant. Over the coming months, other facilities of the plant will be completed and integrated to achieve a generation capacity of over 600 megawatts of electricity. Full completion of the project is expected in the summer.