Umm Al Nar West and East Integrated Water and power plant

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Umm Al Nar West and East Integrated Water and power plant (محطة أم النار للكهرباء والماء , محطة أم النار الغربية للطاقة) is an operating power station of at least 2484-megawatts (MW) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is also known as New Umm Al Nar plant (Unit CC), Sas Al Nakheel (SASN) power station (Unit CC), UAN (Sas Al Nakhl) cogeneration CCGT (Unit CC), UAN East (Units GT01, GT02, ST1, ST2, ST3, ST4, ST5, ST6, ST7, ST8), Umm Al Nar East plant (Units GT01, GT02, ST1, ST2, ST3, ST4, ST5, ST6, ST7, ST8), Umm Al Nar Gas Thermal IWPP Project (Unit CC), Umm Al Nar West cogeneration plant (Units GT01, GT02, ST1, ST2, ST3, ST4, ST5, ST6, ST7, ST8).

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Umm Al Nar West and East Integrated Water and power plant Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 24.434804, 54.487617 (exact)[1]

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit CC- محطة مجمع أم النار للطاقة, Unit GT01, Unit GT02, Unit ST1, Unit ST2, Unit ST3, Unit ST4, Unit ST5, Unit ST6, Unit ST7, Unit ST8: 24.434804, 54.487617

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit CC- محطة مجمع أم النار للطاقة operating[2] fossil gas - natural gas[3][2] 1706[4][2][5] combined cycle[6] 2007[6] 2027 (planned)[7]
Unit GT01 operating[7] fossil gas - natural gas, fossil liquids - fuel oil[8] 59[7] gas turbine[7] 1979[9][8]
Unit GT02 operating[7] fossil gas - natural gas, fossil liquids - fuel oil[8] 59[7] gas turbine[7] 1979[8]
Unit ST1 operating[6][7] fossil gas - natural gas, fossil liquids - fuel oil[1] 60[10][7] steam turbine[7] 1981[1]
Unit ST2 operating[7] fossil gas - natural gas, fossil liquids - fuel oil[1] 60[10][7] steam turbine[7] 1981[1]
Unit ST3 operating[7] fossil gas - natural gas, fossil liquids - fuel oil[1] 60[10][7] steam turbine[7] 1981[1]
Unit ST4 operating[7] fossil gas - natural gas, fossil liquids - fuel oil[1] 60[10][7] steam turbine[7] 1981[1]
Unit ST5 operating[7] fossil gas - natural gas, fossil liquids - fuel oil[1] 60[10][7] steam turbine[7] 1981[1][9]
Unit ST6 operating[7] fossil gas - natural gas, fossil liquids - fuel oil[1] 60[10][7] steam turbine[7] 1981[1][9]
Unit ST7 operating[7] fossil gas - natural gas, fossil liquids - fuel oil[1] 150[7] steam turbine[7] 1998[1][9]
Unit ST8 operating[7] fossil gas - natural gas, fossil liquids - fuel oil[1] 150[7] steam turbine[7] 1998[1][9]

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit CC- محطة مجمع أم النار للطاقة Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) [60.0%], Engie Energy France [20.0%], JERA Co Inc [20.0%]
Unit GT01 Arabian Power Company PJSC [100.0%]
Unit GT02 Arabian Power Company PJSC [100.0%]
Unit ST1 Arabian Power Company PJSC [100.0%]
Unit ST2 Arabian Power Company PJSC [100.0%]
Unit ST3 Arabian Power Company PJSC [100.0%]
Unit ST4 Arabian Power Company PJSC [100.0%]
Unit ST5 Arabian Power Company PJSC [100.0%]
Unit ST6 Arabian Power Company PJSC [100.0%]
Unit ST7 Arabian Power Company PJSC [100.0%]
Unit ST8 Arabian Power Company PJSC [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): chemicals[11][6]
  • Captive industry: Power[11][6]


Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 https://web.archive.org/web/20240405045225/https://www.globalenergyobservatory.org/geoid/5828. Archived from the original on 05 April 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220702143131/https://www.ewec.ae/en/power-plants/umm-al-nar. Archived from the original on 02 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20220709101106/https://www.albayan.ae/across-the-uae/2007-08-14-1.196227. Archived from the original on 09 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Power plant profile: Umm Sas Al Nakhl Combined Cycle Power Plant, United Arab Emirates". 2024-01-31. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20220709094556/https://uae.taqa.com/ar/uae-arabic/. Archived from the original on 09 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20221219180509/https://uae.taqa.com/uae/. Archived from the original on 19 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.24 7.25 7.26 7.27 7.28 7.29 7.30 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220516151840/https://transco.ae/documents/2019-E7YPS-2020-2026.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 http://www.globalenergyobservatory.org/geoid/5827. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220709121422/https://www.scad.ae/Release%20Documents/Economic%20Development%20of%20Abu%20Dhabi.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 09 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20240405050431/https://www.elsaie-engineering.com/Arabic/details.php?id=338. Archived from the original on 05 April 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221205041031/https://www.water-technology.net/projects/umm/. Archived from the original on 05 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

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