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HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer discusses clean energy co-operation with Germany’s Federal State Secretary for Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy · DEWA Podcasts

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  Welcome to Future Forward. Today, we're looking
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  at a really significant development in the global
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  clean energy landscape. And it's coming right
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  out of Dubai. That's right, Karei. DIWA, that's
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  Dubai's Electricity and Water Authority, recently
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  hosted a high -level German delegation. Okay.
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  And the meeting, it really underscored just how
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  rapidly Dubai is accelerating its green transition.
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  The meeting was led by Diwa's MD and CEO, His
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  Excellency Saeed Mohamed Altayer. He amplifies
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  the importance of, you know, international collaboration.
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  Right. And I believe he commented on it directly.
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  He did. He commended the strong collaboration
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  with Germany. He noted that it reinforces the
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  UAE's position as a global hub for clean energy
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  technologies. He also reiterated Diwa's commitment
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  to its pioneering role. Right. In adopting advanced
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  and future -ready solutions. And these aren't
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  just abstract goals. Diwa is rolling out some
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  truly landmark projects. Yeah. I mean, from the
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  Al -Shera building, which is set to be the world's
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  tallest net positive government building, to
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  a first -of -its -kind hydroelectric power station
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  in Hatta. But the centerpiece of the strategy
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  remains the Mohammed bin Rasht al -Maktoum solar
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  park. The scale here is just, it's hard to overstate.
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  Right. And its targets have just been massively
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  upgraded. Upgraded how? What are the new numbers
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  looking like? So the park's capacity is now set
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  to surpass 8 ,000 megawatts by 2030. Wow! Yeah,
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  and that will push clean energy share in Dubai's
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  total mix to over 36%. Okay. That far exceeds
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  the original 25 % target. It's a huge leap forward
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  in a very short time. This clearly positions
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  Diwa not just as a regional player, but... But
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  a global one. Exactly. And Altair directly addressed
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  this. He highlighted Diwa's commitment to continuous
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  benchmarking against world best practice. He
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  pointed out that Diwa ranks first worldwide across
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  12 key performance indicators, KPIs. Twelve?
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  Yeah, including the world's lowest electricity
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  interruption rates and line losses. That's incredible.
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  While also setting global benchmarks in customer
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  satisfaction and demonstrating this unmatched
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  institutional ability to anticipate and adapt
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  to future challenges. Truly setting a global
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  benchmark. I mean, this goes beyond just generating
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  power. It's about creating a whole new standard
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  for a sustainable future. Now, here's a question
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  we'd like you to think about. As cities around
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  the world race towards their own clean energy
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  goals, what can they learn from Dubai's model
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  of combining these massive infrastructure projects
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  with a focus on world record operational efficiency?