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The third unit of the UAE’s Barakah nuclear power plant has started commercial operations, the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) said on Friday.
Operated by Nawah Energy Company (Nawah), the new unit adds a further 1,400 megawatts (MW) of zero-carbon emission electricity to the national grid, raising the plant’s total capacity so far to 4,200 MW.
The Barakah facility, which is in the Al Dhafra region of Abu Dhabi, is now one unit away from realising the plan to deliver up to 25% of the UAE’s electricity requirements.
The energy plant’s Unit 1 was connected to the national power grid in August 2020, and Unit 2 in September 2021. As of December 2022, the Barakah plant has already powered more than 80% of Abu Dhabi’s clean electricity consumption.
(Writing by Cleofe Maceda; editing by Brinda Darasha)
