Problems emerge at Fujairah
- From: Vol 6, Issue 1 (January 2005)
- Category: General
- Region: Middle East
- Country:
- Related Companies: Arabian Construction Company, Doosan Heavy Industries, Innogy, RWE, Siemens, Six Construct and Water Consultants International
The desalination side of the plant has been more successful than the power side. UWEC has appointed consultants to find out what has gone wrong.
According to UWEC’s general manager Jamal Salem Al Dhaheri, the Fujairah plant became fully operational on 15 June 2004. It is currently achieving outputs in excess of the designed capacity.
However, a series of incidents in the second half of 2004 have caused UWEC considerable concern over the plant’s reliability. Most of these relate to the power generation ...
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