10 NEWS IN BRIEF


400MW Saudi windfarm - bids


under consideration Four companies are on the shortlist


for the $500m Dumat Al Jandal 400 MW wind project, which will be in the northern Al Jouf region of Saudi Arabia. The four bids will now be evaluated


and the project will be awarded in December 2018, backed by a 20-year power purchase agreement with the Saudi Power Procurement Company. One of the key bidders is a


consortia led by ACWA Power, EDF Energies Nouvelles, Enel Green Power and International Power SA, the Dubai branch of ENGIE. The location for Dumat Al Jandal


was chosen after predevelopment studies showed a strong mixture of wind capabilities on the site. The average annual generation from the plant is expected to be around 1.4 TWh.


Saudia Arabia in deal with SoftBank


Group for energy Saudi Arabia has launched one of


the world’s biggest solar power project, backed by financing from SoftBank Group’s Vision Fund. The project is expected to have the


capacity to produce up to 200 GW by 2030, SoftBank Chief Executive, Masayoshi Son, has said. Saudi Arabia is keen to reduce its


dependence on fossil fuels for power generation, a part of its Vision 2030 reform plan. The final investment total for the


200 GW of generation is put at $200bn. This includes solar panels, battery storage and a manufacturing facility for panels in Saudi Arabia. The initial phase of the project, for


7.2 GW of solar capacity, will cost US$5bn, with $1 billion coming from SoftBank’s Vision Fund and the rest from project financing.


Emirates District Cooling awarded Expo 2020 district cooling contract in Dubai


With construction currently being fast-


tracked, the project will have a capacity of 60,000 tonnes of refrigeration (TR) upon completion, including 48,000 TR of mechanical chillers and 12,000 of thermal energy storage. Phase 1 of the district cooling plant


Emirates District Cooling (Emicool) has


been awarded a contract to provide a district cooling plant for the Expo 2020 in Dubai. The Dubai Metro system, inaugurated in


2009, is the first mass transit network in the world to use district cooling to lower temperatures in stations and trains. Emicool will develop a district cooling


plant to serve the Expo Village and Dubai South Mall, as well as the Conference and Exhibition Centre at the Expo site, the Roads & Transport Authority station and the Project Star mall area. Al Nasr Contracting Company has been


appointed as the official contractor for the project.


project is expected to begin delivery of chilled water in May 2019. Emicool, which provides district cooling


services to more than 19,000 customers in the UAE, has plans to increase the capacity of its plants to 500,000TR by 2020. Another company in the UAE, Tabreed,


currently delivers over 1m refrigeration tons of cooling, across 72 plantsin the UAE, cooling iconic infrastructure projects such as Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Cleveland Clinic, Ferrari World, Yas Mall, Aldar HQ, Etihad Towers, Marina Mall, the World Trade Center in Abu Dhabi featuring the Burj Mohammed Bin Rashid, Dubai Metro, Dubai Parks & Resorts, and the Jabal Omar Development in the Holy City of Mecca.


District cooling for Dubai’s Cityland Mall to be provided by Empower


Emirates Central Cooling Systems


Corporation (Empower) has begun work on a US$40m district cooling scheme to serve the Cityland Mall, next to Global Village in Dubai, with a total capacity of 14,000 Refrigeration Tonnes (RT). The original contract was signed in April


2018 by H. H. Sheikh Theyab Bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, Chairman of Cityland Group, and Ahmad bin Shafar, CEO of Empower, at the Cityland Mall Site Office. At the time, H, Sheikh Theya Bin


TahnoonAl Nahyan commented: “This significant agreement with Empower will drive environmental as well as economical returns while making a major impact on Cityland Mall. As the world’s first nature- inspired shopping destination, the unique


Middle East Power September 2018


design and development of the mall will ensure environmental sustainability while being an attractive destination for residents and tourists.” With over 350-stores covering 1,125,000


square feet, Cityland Mall is described as ‘the ideal combination of convenience and shopping, with a retail mix which also showcases its versatility, and a single- level, circular design which allows for continuous customer flow’. Cityland Mall will feature a substantial


200,000-sq-ft open-air garden called Central Park. This is said to form the epicentre of the mall, in terms of ‘both architecture and its anchoring role in providing a unique sensory experience for shoppers’.


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