If all goes to plan with the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation’s (Enec) four reactors at Baraka in Al Gharbia, then from next year it should deliver wholesale electricity at about 26 fils per kWh (a number based on my own calculations). That is more expensive than the 11 fils bid for Dubai’s latest solar plant, but it can be cheaper than gas, and is a reasonable price for reliable power meeting a quarter of Abu ¬Dhabi’s demand. But in this region, Saudi Arabia and – despite deals with Russia – Jordan and Egypt have so far made little progress on their own nuclear power ambitions.
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