The Abu Dhabi Waste Management Center (Tadweer) announced on Monday the opening of the second phase of the solar power plant project at the Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling Facility in Al Dhafra region of Abu Dhabi.

Tadweer said in a statement that the Al Dhafra C&D Waste Recycling Facility in Ghayathi is now 90 percent solar-powered, adding that the completion of the second phase has increased the facility's solar energy utilization by increasing its capacity to 600 kilowatts per hour, up by 350 kilowatts per hour.

"To raise the efficiency of the power plant, Tadweer installed 1,656 solar cells covering 11,000 square metres, with a capacity to produce a total 600 kilowatts, equivalent to generating 878,000 kilowatts energy from diesel, saving an annual diesel consumption of up to 480,000 litres," the statement said.

It said the project is also aligned with the UAE Green Agenda Programs (2015-2030) and the National Climate Change Plan of the UAE (2017-2050).

The Abu Dhabi Government has set a target of diverting 75 percent of waste from landfills and use C&D waste in the construction of vital projects across the country.

(Writing by Syed Ameen Kader; Editing by Anoop Menon)

(anoop.menon@refinitiv.com)

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