RIYADH: Dubai-based Hassyan, the Gulf’s only coal fired power plant, will switch to using natural gas, as per an agreement between the Hassyan Energy Co. and Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA. For its alignment with Dubai’s carbon neutrality strategy, the move was praised by Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, Emirates News Agency reported. "This step supports Dubai"s energy supply security by diversifying the energy mix through the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 and Dubai’s carbon neutrality strategy 2050 to provide 100 percent of the energy production capacity from clean energy sources by 2050,” he said. The 2,400 megawatts power complex, which has been operating using coal since 2020, includes a water desalination project with a production capacity of 120 million imperial gallons of water per day.