Empower announces completion of shoring works on new district cooling plant
The new plant will be connected to the Empower Command Control Centre, which uses an advanced Scada system to monitor and analyse data
Shoring work has been completed on a new district cooling plant in Za’beel, Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) has announced. Once complete, the plant will feature a cooling capacity of 50,000 refrigeration tons (RT) and will cater to the increasing demand for environment-friendly district cooling services in the area.
According to a statement, Empower’s existing district cooling plant in DIFC will be interconnected to the new plant in Zabeel. The total cooling capacity of both plants will be 112,000 RT.
Existing and under construction urban projects in the Zabeel area including the Dubai World Trade Centre buildings, ‘One Zabeel’ Towers and other adjacent projects in DIFC will be served with high quality district cooling services from the plants, the firm explained.
“Zabeel cooling plant will operate with the smart and innovative technologies developed by Empower, to have more efficiency in its operations and optimise the energy usage that helps conserving the natural resources for the generations to come. The new plant will be using the award-winning technologies such as Treated Sewage Effluent (TSE) and Thermal Energy Storage (TES) technologies that reduces the load on State power grid by optimizing the inflow and outflow of chilled water during the peak and off-peak hours,” said Empower CEO Ahmad Bin Shafar.
According to Empower, the design of the new plant meets the highest international construction and designing standards including sustainable green buildings standards and considered the modern urban developments in Dubai, the overall landscape of the district and the outlook of the iconic buildings in Za’beel.
The firm said this is part of its strategy to extend the geographical range of its services and broaden the scope of the environmentally friendly district cooling services in Dubai.
