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Bin Shafar: Future plans to develop infrastructure that meets growing demand
Dubai: Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world’s largest district cooling services provider, announced the expansion of its district cooling network in ‘Jumeirah Village’ by interconnecting two areas, the Jumeirah Village Circle and Jumeirah Village Triangle, with a capacity of 260,000 refrigeration tons (RT) serving from company’s six plants located in the area. This expansion will be reinforcing the position of Empower’s network as one the most efficient globally.
The new expansion plans are in line with the company’s ambitious strategic and growth plans to develop an advanced district cooling infrastructure in Dubai that provides uninterrupted services. Once complete, this will increase the distribution efficiency in both the communities, which will ultimately benefitted to Empower customers in the area.
Works are currently underway as per the plan, with placing of a 350m long new line to link the district cooling network at Jumeirah Village Circle and Jumeirah Village Triangle, deploying through a tunnel, dug 14 meters deep under the Al Khail Street using a unique technology that guarantees no physical damage to existing road infrastructure. As per the set schedule, the new network will be operational by April 2020.
Ahmad bin Shafar, Chief Executive Officer of Empower said: “We continue to expand our pipeline network to match the growth we are witnessing in the areas we cover in Dubai and the increase in the number of consumers and as per the district cooling plants developed throughout the emirate. Our professional team uses advanced technologies to carry out new interconnection network project that ensure that the task is accomplished without any service disruption to the existing network. We have been successful in finding smart solutions to the challenges we face when deploying new projects that has enabled us to carry out expansion works without causing any road damage or interrupting the road traffic.”
“Our future plans are focused on developing our infrastructure to meet the growing demand of sustainable and environmentally friendly district cooling services. Empower has extensive experience in the technical fields within the district cooling sector in the areas of design and supervision of chilled water piping network and in developing central stations for district cooling”, he added.
Empower provides district cooling services to more than 1,180 buildings, catering to more than 120,000 customers. The company operates more than 1.53 Million Refrigeration Tons (RT), providing environmentally friendly district cooling services to large-scale real estate developments, such as Bluewaters, Jumeirah Group, Business Bay, Jumeirah Beach Residence, Dubai International Financial Centre, Palm Jumeirah, Jumeirah Lake Towers, Ibn Battuta Mall, Discovery Gardens, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai World Trade Centre Residences and Dubai Design District, International Media Production Zone and others.
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