Emirates World Aluminum is the largest industrial company in the country outside the oil and gas sector, and it is jointly owned by Mubadala and Dubal Holding.
The groundbreaking ceremony was held in the presence of His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of Dubal Holding, Vice Chairman of Emirates International Aluminum, and Khalid Al Qubaisi Board Member Emirates Global Aluminum Management is the CEO of the Mubadala Aviation Industry, Clean Energy and Information and Communications Technology sector.
It is expected that the new high-efficiency power plant is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power generation in the Emirates Global Aluminum facilities in Jebel Ali by approximately 10 percent .. as expected. That the emission reduction rate per tonne of aluminum produced in Jebel Ali, which includes power generation and aluminum smelting, be around seven percent.
The Mubadala Investment Company and Dubal Holding established a joint venture aimed at developing the new energy complex. Emirates World Aluminum intends to purchase what the plant will produce for 25 years after its start-up.
The German company, Siemens, will install the gas turbines operating in the combined cycle system H Class in the new energy unit, which is the first of its kind in the UAE .. The project is also considered The first project in the global aluminum industry sector to initiate the use of the Siemens H Class gas turbines, as these turbines are a leading technology in generating electricity efficiently and effectively.
The new, more efficient power plant is expected to help reduce NOx emissions from Emirates Global Aluminum facilities in Jebel Ali by 58 percent. Nitrogen oxides, which are also emitted from automobile engines, are among a group of emissions to be reduced within the framework of the Emirates Vision 2021, with the aim of improving air quality locally.
It is noteworthy that Emirates World Aluminum needs electric power to operate aluminum smelters and other industrial processes, and it has power plants in both Jebel Ali and the Tawila area. The production capacity of the company's power plant is 5450 MW. In 2018, the company produced 2.64 million tons of cast aluminum.
