Unit 4 of the Barakah nuclear power station in the United Arab Emirates has been started up and will be prepared for connection to the national electricity grid “in the coming weeks”, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation.
Enec, which is responsible for the deployment and ownership of nuclear energy plants in the UAE, said the startup marks the plant’s initial production of heat through nuclear fission.
Once the testing is complete and commercial operations begin, Unit 4 will raise Barakah’s total electricity generation capacity to 5,600 MW, equivalent to 25% of the UAE’s electricity needs, delivering more than 40 TWh of electricity per year.