Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has approved a number of leading projects to be applied in Hatta to accomplish Dubai's development strategies, and also the Comprehensive Advancement Prepare for Hatta. HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has bought the plan to improve the area's social as well as economic capacities and also boost its beauty as a world-class tourist destination. DEWA's projects in the area consist of a hydroelectric power plant that will certainly utilize the water stored in the Hatta Dam. This project is the first of its kind in the GCC, and will produce 250 megawatts (MW).

"The Hatta Development Plan mirrors the focus His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and also Ruler of Dubai, offers to total advancement to accomplish individuals's happiness. In DEWA, we are influenced in all our development projects, by the vision of His Highness to assistances and also promote Emirati talent and also entail youths in the advancement procedure. In all our projects, we consider lasting development in its economic, environmental, and social aspects, while making use of natural resources sensibly to secure them for generations ahead," said HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & Chief Executive Officer of DEWA.

"DEWA's efforts within the Hatta Advancement Plan, will certainly entail Hatta's citizens in our projects, and provide leading and also innovative work chances. The projects will produce 200 permanent jobs in the technological, administrative and also functional areas. An additional 300 jobs are anticipated to be created in the Visitor Centre, outdoor activities, and the visitor centers connected with the job. Over 2,000 jobs will certainly be required throughout the execution phase. The hydroelectric power station will boost the share of clean-energy use, sustain the lasting development of the region, and also improve the position of Hatta as one of one of the most famous tourist destinations in the Emirate. This supports the Dubai Plan 2021 making Dubai the favored place to live, work, and browse through," added Al Tayer.

Al Tayer noted that DEWA will certainly develop the hydroelectric power plant to create electricity, by making use of the existing water stored in the Hatta Dam, which could accumulate to 1,716 million gallons, as well as an upper storage tank that will certainly be constructed in the hill as well as could accumulate to 880 million gallons. The top tank will be 300 metres over the dam degree.

Throughout off-peak hrs, wind turbines that make use of clean and also inexpensive solar power, pumps water from the dam to the top storage tank. Throughout peak-load hours, when manufacturing expense is high, generators that is operated by the speed of waterfall from the upper storage tank, will certainly be used to create electricity as well as link it to DEWA's grid. The performance of power production will certainly get to 90% with response to require for energy within 90 secs. The project will offer various other services consisting of irrigation, flooding control, as well as storing fresh drinking water.

In addition to the hydroelectric power station, DEWA will contribute to the Hatta Development Strategy by applying various other projects and initiatives. These include installing solar panels on roofs of structures for Emiratis as component of the Shams Dubai initiative to generate solar energy and link it to DEWA's grid.