Transgulf wins Dubai district cooling deal

29 July 2013

Local contractor to build cooling plant for Empower in Business Bay district

The local Transgulf has been awarded a AED155m ($42.2m) contract to build a district cooling plant for the local Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) in the Business Bay district of Dubai.

The contractor will build the 45,000 refrigeration-tonnes (RT) district cooling facility and the associated infrastructure such as pumps, chillers, water tanks, cooling towers and office space. The plant will be built in two phases, with the majority of its planned capacity to be made available after the completion of phase 1. In February, Empower awarded the local Al-Habtoor Soil Group a deal to carry out shoring and enabling works on the facility.

The cooling plant will be the first in the region to be built using green building measures and guidelines, according to Empower. It will be the district cooling firm’s second unit in the Business Bay district.

In early July, Empower announced it was investing AED15m to expand the capacity of a district cooling plant in the Business Bay area. The upgrade will increase the capacity of the Business Bay Executive Towers district cooling project to 45,000 refrigeration tonnes, a 14 per cent increase. The expansion is scheduled for completion in 2014.

Empower was established as a joint venture between Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (Dewa) and Dubai Technology and Media Free Zone (Tecom) in 2003 to provide district cooling services in Dubai.

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