Dubai Waste Management Centre power station

Dubai Waste Management Centre power station is a 190 MW biomass power station in Ash Shariqah, United Arab Emirates. It is operated by Municipality of Dubai. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 261,548 homes (estimated). It ranks #40 of 52 United Arab Emirates power plants by installed capacity. In context, biomass supplies about 0.1% of United Arab Emirates's electricity; the national grid averages 468 gCO₂/kWh (31.7% low-carbon) (2024).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-6534.

Capacity vs largest biomass plants in United Arab Emirates

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Municipality of Dubai.

Local climate & thermal context

This biomass plant burns organic material (wood, residues) to raise steam for a turbine. It sits in a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 25.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 100% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 13/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1 largest biomass power plant of 3 in United Arab Emirates by capacity.

United Arab Emirates has 3 biomass power plants in this dataset, together about 232 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Aweer "H" - Ph l · Gas · 607 MW · Ash Shariqah
• Al Aweer H Power and Desalination Station · Gas · 1,994 MW · Ash Shariqah
• Aweer "H" - Ph lll · Gas · 818 MW · Ash Shariqah
• Al Qusais Landfill power station · Biomass · 12 MW · Ash Shariqah
• Layyah Power Station (LPS) · Gas · 911 MW · Ash Shariqah
• Wasit Power Station (WPS) · Gas · 1,182 MW · Ajman

Location

Coordinates 25.1588, 55.4434 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.