Dubai bags world record for power generation facility
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The complex has an electricity generation capacity of 9,547MW.
Dubai's Jebel Ali Power Generation and Water Production Complex has been confirmed by Guinness World Records as the largest single-site natural gas power generation facility in the world. The complex has an electricity generation capacity of 9,547MW.
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), said that the total assets of the power production and water desalination plants in the Jebel Ali complex are valued at over Dh45 billion.
He said the Dewa has a track record of global achievements. "Dubai recorded the world’s lowest Customer Minutes Lost (CML) of 1.66 minutes per year; the lowest electricity transmission- and distribution-network-line losses of 3.3 per cent, and one of the lowest water network losses of 5.1 per cent.