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Empower inks an agreement to purchase 18 chillers: The UAE’s Emirates Central Cooling Systems (Empower) has inked an agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems (MHI Thermal Systems) to purchase18 advanced chillers with a total capacity of 56.25k Refrigeration Tons (RT), according to a press release (pdf). Under the agreement, Empower has a provision to increase the order up to 100k RT capacity by the end of the year.
The details: The agreement will see MHI Thermal Systems deliver 18 of its energy-efficient water-cooled centrifugal chillers for use in various Empower district cooling projects including Deira Waterfront Development, Jumeirah Village, and Al Sufouh.
Empower has been on a roll: The UAE firm – described as the world’s largest district cooling provider by the International District Cooling Association – is developing a second district cooling plant with a capacity of 37k RT in Jumeirah. It was awarded a contract for the design of the plant in August, with construction expected to kick off in 1Q 2025. The company also broke ground on its new 39k RT district cooling plant in Dubai’s Deira district in August, setting an operational launch of the first phase at the end of 1H 2025.
Empower and MHI go way back: This is the second collaboration between the two companies, as Empower signed an agreement with MHI Thermal Systems in 2021 to supply 100k RT cooling capacity for its cooling plants in Za’abeel, DLRC, JBH, and Business Bay, which were delivered in 2022 and 2023.
