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The start of commercial operations at Barakah-1 comes a month after FANR issued a license to operate for Barakah-2, located at the same site.
Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp (ENEC), reached 100% power capacity in December at its 1.4 GW Barakah-1 unit, after being connected to the power grid in August.
The four nuclear units will eventually contribute up to 25% of the UAE s power generation needs.
Nawah Energy Co the operations and maintenance unit of ENEC said on March 23 it had completed the loading of fuel in Barakah-2 and would commence testing its systems, before the reactor s start-up.
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Abu Dhabi: The UAE is the first Arab country with a functional power plant. By the end of this month, its Barakah Nuclear Power Plant is set to begin commercial operations.
When the plant is complete, the electricity it produces without generating any carbon will be able to power more than half a million UAE households for a whole year. These 5,600 megawatts of clean electricity will prevent the release of 21 million tonnes of carbon emissions every year, which amounts to the carbon absorbed by 350 million trees over ten years.
Already, the plant’s first Unit has been connected to the UAE national grid. This is a big deal: The UAE an energy producer that has historically relied on carbon-producing fossil fuels for its energy needs is setting the lead for a clean energy future, even in a world facing economic setbacks as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Barakah / UAE Regulator Grants Operating License For Unit 2
(NucNet) The United Arab Emirates’ Nawah Energy Company, the facility’s operating and maintenance company, announced that the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), the UAE nuclear regulator, this week issued the operating license for Unit 2 of the Barakah nuclear power station. It is the second of four units at the site to get one.
“It allows all the countries, more than 170 countries including countries from the region, to participate.”
This undated photograph released by the United Arab Emirates’ state-run WAM news agency, shows the under-construction Barakah nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi’s Western desert (Arun Girija/WAM via AP, File)
Known as the Level 3 Convention Exercise, it is the IAEA’s highest level emergency exercise.
The United Arab Emirates, the fourth largest crude producer in the OPEC cartel, was built on oil. Nevertheless, it is spending billions to develop enough renewable energy to cover half of its needs by 2050.
The Barakah plant, a first for the Arab world, started up in August when authorities pushed the button on the first of four reactors, with the second reactor receiving its operating license on Tuesday.