Energy

ENEC completes initial construction work for Unit 1 of Barakah nuclear energy plant

The Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant is the largest single nuclear energy new build project in the world, with four APR-1400 units under simultaneous construction. (Image source: ENEC)

Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has announced that it has, together with Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), completed initial construction activities for Unit 1 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant and the turnover of all plant systems to KEPCO subsidiary Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) for testing and commissioning, in preparation for safety-led nuclear operations

Technical Review Middle East weekly digest - 30th April - 4th May

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Here is a brief overview of the weeks new on Technical Review Middle East, from 30th April - 4th May 2017

Ansaldo Energia?s gas turbine achieves validation

The GT36?s combustion system has already been tested as single component in a combustor test rig, at full size and under full massflow, at the German Aerospace Center in Cologne since 2013. (Image source: Ansaldo Energia)

The first GT36 Unit, Ansaldo Energia?s H-Class gas turbine model, has successfully completed the first phase of the comprehensive validation programme at the Birr Test Power Plant in Switzerland

DEWA transforms power stations into smart grid power plants

According to CEO Al Tayer, the objective of the Dubai government is to become the most innovative in the world. (Image source: DEWA)

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has transformed all its independently-operating power stations into a network of smart-grid-enabled smart power plants

?Back-up gensets a must at major project sites in Dubai?

The circular states that the capacity of the back-up generators should be of sufficient to cover lighting, elevators, escalators, automatic doors, surveillance cameras, alarm systems, and fire and safety equipment. (Image source: DEWA)

A committee, headed by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), has been formed to follow up on implementing the order of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, which requires real estate developers, companies, and other relevant stakeholders, to install back-up power generators at major projects in Dubai