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His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance and President of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA, inaugurated the extension project of M-Station in Jebel Ali, the largest power and water desalination plant in the UAE.

With the construction of the extension, the total cost of M-Station reached AED11.669 billion while its production capacity reached 2,885 megawatts (MW) and 140 million gallons of desalinated water per day. Built according to the highest standards of availability, reliability, efficiency and quality, the AED1.527 billion extension project added new generating units with a capacity of 700MW.

The inauguration ceremony was attended by Mattar Humaid Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board of Directors of DEWA; Saeed Al Kindi; Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of DEWA; and members of the Board of Directors of DEWA. The event was also attended by a number of officials from Siemens, as well as DEWA officials.