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HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer meets German State of Saarland Deputy Prime Minister to advance cooperation on Green Hydrogen and clean energy projects · DEWA Podcasts

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  Welcome to The Clean Shift, your update on the
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  global energy transition. A really pivotal meeting
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  just took place in Dubai. Oh yeah? Yeah, it's
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  mapping out a whole new collaboration between
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  the UAE and Germany. Indeed, Alex. His Excellency
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  Saeed Mohammed Al -Tayr, he's the CEO of Dubai's
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  utility giant Diwa, he welcomed H .E. Juergen
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  Barkey. Okay. He's the German minister for energy
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  from Saarland. But this isn't just, you know,
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  standard diplomacy. Right. It's really about
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  aligning two powerhouses. You've got Dubai's
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  strategic vision and Germany's engineering prowess,
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  both focused on the future of clean energy. And
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  Diwa's vision is backed by some just some of
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  the most impressive projects on the planet. The
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  CEO gave the minister an overview and he started
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  with their. absolute crown jewel. And that would
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  be the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.
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  Wow. CEO Altair, in his own words, called it
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  the largest single -site solar park in the world
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  based on that independent power producer or IPP
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  model. Okay. And it's going to have a production
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  capacity of over 8 ,000 megawatts by 2030. He
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  also emphasized how the park is just pivotal
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  for hitting their big goals. Yeah. That's the
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  Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 and the Net
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  Zero Carbon Emission Strategy 2050. The aim is
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  to get 100 % of the Emirates' total power from
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  clean sources by 2050. That 100 % target is the
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  headline. For sure. But it's how they plan to
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  use that power that's just as forward -thinking.
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  They're moving into the next frontier, green
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  hydrogen. Precisely. Altair also pointed to Diwa's
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  green hydrogen project right there at the solar
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  park. Right. It's a complete closed -loop system.
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  Okay. They're using the sun to create a clean,
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  storable fuel for things like transport and industry.
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  It's really the foundation for a whole sustainable
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  hydrogen economy. So this strategy, it's about
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  way more than just infrastructure. Right. It's
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  about creating a whole technological ecosystem.
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  Exactly. And the CEO made that very clear. Yeah.
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  He said Diwa is constantly adopting the latest
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  tech and renewables, smart grids, energy storage,
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  digital transformation, all to boost efficiency
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  and sustainability. Makes sense. And crucially,
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  he reaffirmed Diwa's commitment to strengthening
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  that international cooperation and sharing knowledge
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  to speed up innovation for everyone. And that
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  just brings us right back to the meeting with
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  Minister Barkey. Yep. Who, by the way, commended
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  Dubai's ambition. I mean, this is what effective
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  climate action actually looks like. It's collaboration,
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  not just competition. It's a partnership model
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  that is definitely worth watching. Totally. So
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  here's a question for our listeners to think
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  about. As these huge clean energy hubs start
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  to emerge. Yeah. What is the most effective way
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  for them to share their technology and their
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  operational knowledge to really accelerate the
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  energy transition for all nations and not just
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  a select few?