Sharjah: Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, UAE Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has officially opened the new expansion of the Al Layyah station. This project has a total cost of $567 million (AED2.1 billion) and a total capacity of 1,026 megawatts.
Sheikh Sultan Al Qasimi inaugurated the new expansion by cutting the ribbon for the opening of the main building at Al Layyah station.
Then the Ruler watched a video presentation by Mr. Abdullah Abdul Rahman Al Shamsi, Director-General of the Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority (SEWGA), discussing the investments targeted for the electricity production and water desalination sectors and the Authority’s production capacity.
The Ruler of Sharjah listened to a presentation on the project, which comes within the framework of developing the electricity production sector system and is SEWGA’s largest investment in the field of energy in the emirate. The project aims to increase the production capacity of the station and contribute to raising its operational efficiency, in addition to reducing carbon emissions.
Sheikh Sultan Al Qasimi was briefed on the model of the Al Layyah station project, which includes two gas turbines with a capacity of 345 megawatts, two boilers to recover waste heat, and a steam turbine with a capacity of 336 megawatts.
The total installed capacity of the new expansion will reach 1,026 megawatts, and the operational efficiency will reach 58 percent, in addition to reducing the volume of carbon emissions by 2.2 tons annually.
The inauguration was attended by Mr. Saeed Sultan Baljiu Al Suwaidi, Chairman of SEWGA; Mr. Mohammed Obaid Al Zaabi, Head of the Protocol and Hospitality Department; Mr. Abdullah Abdul Rahman Al Shamsi, Director-General of SEWGA; and a number of the Authority’s department directors and project engineers.