Barakah nuclear plant’s third 1.4 GW unit comes online: Emirati nuclear energy operator Nawah Energy Company started operating the third unit of the 5.6 GW Barakah nuclear plant on Thursday, the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) announced Thursday. The 1.4 GW unit — for which Nawah received a 60-year operating license back in June — will be connected to the UAE’s national electricity grid in the “coming weeks.”

The Barakah plant has been providing power to the UAE since May 2021 when the first 1.4 GW unit began commercial operation. The plant will supply up to 25% of the country’s power once it’s fully operational.

The fourth unit is about to be complete: The fourth unit of the nuclear power plant is nearing completion, being in the “final stages of commissioning prior to completion of construction,” ENEC said. The corporation is responsible for the deployment and ownership of nuclear energy plants in the UAE.