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DEWA showcases future-ready initiatives for a resilient economy at Knowledge Summit · DEWA Podcasts

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  Dubai Electricity and Water Authority is participating
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  in the 10th edition of the Knowledge Summit,
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  held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh
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  Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President
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  and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
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  The summit is organized by the Mohammed bin Rashid
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  Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation and the United
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  Nations Development Program under the theme Knowledge
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  Markets, developing sustainable communities.
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  It will take place on the 19th and 20th of November
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  2025 at the Dubai World Trade Center, His Excellency
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  Saeed Mohammed Al -Taya, MD and CEO of Diwa.
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  We support the vision of our wise leadership
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  to transform Dubai into a city of the future
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  and enhance its position as a global hub based
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  on the knowledge economy. At Diwa, we believe
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  that innovation, science and knowledge are the
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  pillars that elevate human potential. They are
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  essential for empowering national talent and
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  equipping them with the necessary tools to shape
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  a sustainable future. The Knowledge Summit is
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  a major global platform that highlights the most
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  prominent efforts to drive the knowledge economy
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  and sustainable development, empowering individuals
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  and societies alike. At the exhibition held during
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  the summit, Diwa will showcase its key projects
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  and initiatives that support sustainability,
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  innovation, and its efforts to build a knowledge
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  -based society and economy. These include the
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  Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, the
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  world's largest single -site solar park based
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  on the independent power producer model. with
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  a total production capacity of 3 ,860 megawatts.
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  Clean energy represents 21 .5 % of Dewar's installed
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  capacity. By 2030, the solar park's total capacity
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  will exceed 8 ,000 megawatts compared to the
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  original plan of 5 ,000 megawatts, reducing 8
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  .5 million tons of carbon emissions annually.
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  up from 6 .5 million. DUA will also highlight
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  its Research and Development Centre, which enhances
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  Dubai's position as a global hub for research
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  and development in solar power, smart grids,
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  energy and water efficiency and capacity building
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  in these areas. The centre has 45 employees,
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  nine of whom hold PhD degrees, two of them Emirati,
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  and 19 with master's degrees, 16 of them Emirati.
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  Since its launch, the Center has published 336
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  Scopus -indexed scientific and research papers
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  in 2023 across several international scientific
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  conferences, peer -reviewed journals, and periodicals.
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  It has filed 57 patents so far and registered
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  18 of them.