Latest / DEWA Podcasts / Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer Discusses with Paul Griffiths Enhancing Strategic Partnership and Cooperation Between the Supreme Council of Energy and Dubai Airports
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- 0:00The Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and Dubai
- 0:01Airports have met to enhance cooperation and
- 0:04coordination within the framework of the strategic
- 0:06partnership between the two sides. His Excellency
- 0:09Saeed Mohammed Al -Tayr, Vice Chairman of the
- 0:12Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and Managing
- 0:14Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water
- 0:17Authority, discussed with Paul Griffiths, CEO
- 0:20of Dubai Airports, projects and solutions that
- 0:23enhance world -class infrastructure with the
- 0:26highest efficiency and support sustainable growth.
- 0:29His Excellency affirmed that, in line with the
- 0:31vision and directives of the wise leadership,
- 0:33Dubai Airports, foremost among them the new Al
- 0:36Maktoum International Airport and its future
- 0:38expansion plans, hold strategic importance within
- 0:40the plans of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority,
- 0:43with the aim of making these airports the most
- 0:45sustainable in the world and reducing carbon
- 0:47emissions towards net zero. He noted that cooperation
- 0:50with Dubai Airports is a pioneering model for
- 0:53consolidating energy efficiency and sustainability.
- 0:56highlighting the strength of the network of Dubai
- 0:58Electricity and Water Authority and its readiness
- 1:01to meet infrastructure requirements with the
- 1:03highest efficiency and reliability. Through projects,
- 1:06most notably the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
- 1:09Solar Park, whose current capacity has reached
- 1:114 ,660 megawatts, with a target exceeding 8 ,000
- 1:15megawatts by 2030, raised from the original target
- 1:18of 5 ,000 megawatts. This supports the green
- 1:21economy journey of Dubai. in line with the Dubai
- 1:24Clean Energy Strategy 2050 and the Dubai Net
- 1:27Zero Carbon Emission Strategy 2050, to achieve
- 1:29100 % of the energy of Dubai from clean sources
- 1:32by 2050. The meeting was attended by Majid Al
- 1:36-Jokhar, Chief Operating Officer of Dubai Airports.
- 1:38His Excellency Ahmed Al -Muhirbi, Secretary General
- 1:42of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy. His Excellency
- 1:45Ahmed bin Shafar, Chief Executive Officer of
- 1:48Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation.
- 1:50Empower. Engineer Omar Binadai, Chief Technology
- 1:54and Infrastructure Officer of Dubai Airports.
- 1:56And His Excellency Hussein Luta, Chief Executive
- 1:59Officer of Enoch Group. Also in attendance, from
- 2:02Dubai Electricity and Water Authority. Engineer
- 2:05Waleed Bin Salman, Executive Vice President of
- 2:07Business Development and Excellence. Engineer
- 2:09Hussein Luta, Executive Vice President of Transmission
- 2:12Power. Engineer Marwan Bin Haidar, Executive
- 2:15Vice President of Innovation and the Future.
- 2:17And Engineer Khalifa Al -Mahiri. Acting Executive
- 2:20Vice President of Power and Water Planning.