List of power stations in the United Arab Emirates

The following page lists power stations in United Arab Emirates .

Legend

  Facilities under construction

  Planned facilities

  Decommissioned facilities (year)

Fossil fuel

Gas turbines

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Year completed	Ref
Shuweihat	Jebel Dhana	1,615	2003–2005	[1] [2]
Al Taweelah	Al Samha	4,696	1989–2009	[1]
Aweer/Ameer	Dubai	1,846	1997–2009	[1]
Jebel Ali	Dubai			[1]
Qidfa	Fujairah			[1]
Umm Al Nar	Abu Dhabi	2,746	1979–2007	[1]
Fujairah F1 Independent Water and Power Plant	Fujairah	2,000	2004	[ citation needed ]

Oil and gas-fired thermal plant

To be converted to combined-cycle gas turbine technology to enhance efficiency and reduce emissions.^{[ citation needed ]}

Plant	Location	Capacity (MW)	Year completed	Ref
Madinat Zayed	Madinat Zayed	118	1991–1993	[3] [4]

Nuclear

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Year completed	Ref
Barakah	23°58′04″N52°13′54″E / 23.96778°N 52.23167°E / 23.96778; 52.23167	5,600	2024	[5]

Renewable

Solar

Name	Location	Capacity MWp or MWAC  (*)	Annual output GWh	Land Size km2	Year completed	Notes	Ref
Shams	Madinat Zayed, Abu Dhabi	100		2.5	2013	Concentrated solar power – parabolic trough collectors	[6]
Noor Abu Dhabi	24°24′11″N55°16′07″E / 24.40306°N 55.26861°E / 24.40306; 55.26861 (Noor Abu Dhabi) Sweihan	1,177		8	2019	Located at Sweihan	[7] [8]
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park	24°45′N55°23′E / 24.750°N 55.383°E / 24.750; 55.383 (Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park)	2,627 operational, 2,033 under construction (As of February 2024 [update] )		77	2013–ongoing	World's largest single-site solar park. Phases I-III operational. Phase IV and V under construction. Phase VI (1,800 MW) achieved financial close in February 2024, expected completion 2026. Total capacity to reach 4,660 MW by 2026 and exceed 5,000 MW by 2030. Phase VI achieved record-low LCOE of US$1.6215 cents/kWh.	[9]
Al Dhafra Solar	Al Dhafra, Abu Dhabi	2,000		20	2023	About 35 km south of Abu Dhabi City. World's largest single-site solar plant upon completion. Powers approximately 200,000 homes, displacing 2.4 million tonnes of CO2 annually. Bifacial crystalline technology.	[10]
Sir Bani Yas Island Solar	Sir Bani Yas Island, Abu Dhabi	14			2023	Part of UAE Wind Program hybrid facility	[11]

Wind

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Year completed	Notes	Ref
UAE Wind Program – Sir Bani Yas Island	Sir Bani Yas Island, Abu Dhabi	45	2023	Part of the 103.5 MW UAE Wind Program. Hybrid facility with additional 14 MWp solar capacity.	[11]
UAE Wind Program – Delma Island	Delma Island, Abu Dhabi	27	2023	Part of the 103.5 MW UAE Wind Program.	[11]
UAE Wind Program – Al Sila	Al Sila, Abu Dhabi	27	2023	Part of the 103.5 MW UAE Wind Program.	[11]
UAE Wind Program – Al Halah	Al Halah, Fujairah	4.5	2023	Part of the 103.5 MW UAE Wind Program.	[11]
Al Sila Wind IPP	Al Sila, Abu Dhabi	140	TBA	Independent Power Project. RFP issued in 2024, responses due Q2 2025. Expected to power 36,000 homes and displace 190,000 tonnes of CO2 annually. Will double Abu Dhabi's wind capacity to approximately 240 MW.	[12]

Storage

Pumped hydroelectric

Name	Location	Capacity MWp or MWAC  (*)	Annual output GWh	Land Size km2	Year completed	Notes	Ref
Hatta Hydroelectric Power Plant		250			2024		[13]

See also

• Energy portal
• United Arab Emirates portal

• List of power stations in Asia

References

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2. "Shuweihat I Cogen CCGT Power Plant". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
3. "Madinat Zayed Thermal Power Plant". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
4. "AMPC – Production". www.ampc.ae. Archived from the original on 16 August 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
5. "Barakah 4 landmark announced as World Nuclear Symposium gets under way". World Nuclear News. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
6. "Shams 1 – One of the world's largest CSP plants in the world". masdar.ae. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
7. "Noor Abu Dhabi solar plant begins commercial operation". Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
8. "World's Largest Solar Power Plant Switched On". Forbes . Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
9. "Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park". MBRSIC. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
10. "Al Dhafra Solar PV". Masdar. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
11. "UAE Wind Program". Masdar. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
12. "EWEC Issues RFP for 140 MW Al Sila Wind Project". Energetica India. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
13. "Dubai hydroelectric power station to cost Dh1.4b; Dewa awards contract for Hatta project". Gulf News. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2020.