Adnoc and the Dubai Supply Authority (Dusup) have signed a strategic agreement for the sale of natural gas.
The signing of the agreement was witnessed by President Sheikh Mohamed and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai.
Under the deal, Adnoc will supply the authority with gas to generate electricity at the Hassyan power complex in Dubai, state-run news agency Wam reported on Friday.
The move, which will replace clean coal with natural gas, will significantly reduce emissions from power-generation operations and directly support the UAE's pledge for net zero emissions by 2050, it said.
“This agreement further strengthens energy co-operation between Abu Dhabi and Dubai … to expand the breadth and depth of our energy relations,” said Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed, chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and director general of Dusup.
“While many countries around the world are returning to coal as a result of geopolitical uncertainty and energy price volatility, the UAE is delivering on its commitment to decarbonise its power sector.”
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President Sheikh Mohamed and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, with: Lt Gen Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, third right; Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court, sixth right; Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, eighth right; Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed, member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council and chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Office, second right; Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed, President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, chief executive and chairman of the Emirates Group, and chairman of Dubai World, seventh right; Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, managing director and group chief executive of Adnoc and chairman of Masdar, right; after witnessing the signing of an agreement between Adnoc and Dusup at Qasr Al Watan. All photos: Presidential Court -
President Sheikh Mohamed and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, with Dr Sultan Al Jaber, front right, and Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed. -
President Sheikh Mohamed and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid at the signing between Adnoc and Dusup at Qasr Al Watan. -
From left, Reem Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Co-operation, Abdulrahman Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention and Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed and Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed at the signing. -
From left, Lt Gen Sheikh Saif bin Zayed; Mohammed Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs; Mohamed Al Hussaini, Minister of State for Financial Affairs; Dr Sultan Al Jaber; Dr Ahmad Al Falasi, Minister of Education; and Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Youth, at the signing. -
President Sheikh Mohamed and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid witness the signing by Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed, front left, and Dr Sultan Al Jaber. -
From left: Lt Gen Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, Mohammed Al Gergawi, Mohamed Al Hussaini and Dr Sultan Al Jaber at Qasr Al Watan. -
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed and Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed at the signing. -
President Sheikh Mohamed and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, at Qasr Al Watan. -
Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Tahnoun, adviser for special affairs at the Presidential Court, far right, with, from left, Hessa Buhumaid, Minister of Community Development; Abdulrahman Al Awar, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation; and Abdulla bin Touq, Minister of Economy, at the signing.
Dubai plans to become a carbon-neutral economy and generate 100 per cent of the emirate's total power needs from clean energy sources by 2050.
Dusup supplies the energy needs of a number of utility and industrial companies in Dubai. It is responsible for the purchase, sale, storage and transport of natural gas and liquefied natural gas in the emirate.
It supplies natural gas to the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, Dubal, Dugas, the Emirates National Oil Company and Dubai Petroleum for their power generation, desalination and industrial needs.
To meet its customer's needs, Dusup relies on its Margham storage unit, gas control station, LNG floating storage and regasification unit and pipeline network.
Adnoc is advancing its efforts to harness Abu Dhabi’s vast natural gas resources to meet the world’s growing demand for the transition fuel and enable a responsible energy transition, said Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, and Adnoc's managing director and group chief executive.
“Working in close collaboration with our customers and partners, Adnoc will continue to expand our natural gas capacity to deliver against our strategic objectives of decarbonising our energy and power systems, ensuring UAE gas self-sufficiency and driving long-term and sustainable growth for the UAE,” he said.
Domestically produced natural gas is more commercially competitive than imported coal or gas, and will support economic growth while lowering emissions when used as a substitute for coal in power generation, Wam reported.
The Hassyan Power Complex was initially built as a dual-fuel plant with the ability to operate at full capacity on both natural gas or clean coal. However, it has been transformed to run only on natural gas.
The present net electricity generation capacity of the Hassyan Power Complex is 1,200 megawatts. A further 600MW (net) is scheduled to be added in the fourth quarter of 2022 and another 600MW (net) will be added by the third quarter of 2023.
The complex is an addition to Dewa's power generation projects, including the Jebel Ali Power and Desalination Complex, Al Aweer Power Station Complex and the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.
