National Central Cooling Company PJSC (DFM: Tabreed), the leading regional district cooling utility company, today released its 2018 first quarter consolidated financial results. The company continues to deliver strong and consistent performance from its 72 district cooling plants across the GCC, which deliver almost 1.1 million refrigeration tons (RT) of cooling capacity to customers.
Financial highlights – three months ended 31 March 2018:
Operational highlights – three months ended 31 March 2018:
Environmental highlights – three months ended 31 March 2018:
Khaled Abdulla Al Qubaisi, Tabreed’s Chairman, commented: “This is another strong set of results, further reinforcing the company’s market leading position and the strength of its business model. Our core chilled water business is the fulcrum of this model and continues to support the delivery of stable shareholder returns, which remains our top priority. We are confident of continuing to deliver growth as we further expand our operations and look forward to reporting progress through the current financial year.”
Jasim Husain Thabet, Tabreed’s Chief Executive Officer, added: “We are very pleased to demonstrate once again that our unique cooling solutions are playing their part in the country’s efforts to achieve energy sustainability. Becoming the sole owner of S&T was also an important step in our long-term growth plan. We continue to explore ways of achieving greater efficiencies and developing innovative ways of reducing energy consumption and our pilot project with Masdar Institute of Science and Technology has proved valuable in this regard. We remain alert to all opportunities that can add value to our own business and also enhance our customers’ ability to reduce their energy consumption.”
Tabreed is a partner of choice for organizations across the GCC in providing environmentally friendly district cooling solutions that support the region’s energy sustainability. With 72 district cooling plants located throughout the region, Tabreed currently delivers over 1 million refrigeration tons to key developments in the region including iconic infrastructure projects such as Abu Dhabi’s Al Maryah Island, Yas Island, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Dubai Metro, Dubai Parks and Resorts, and the Jabal Omar Development in the Holy City of Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.