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DEWA wins ‘Innovative Power Technology of the Year’ award at the Asian Power Awards 2025 • DEWA recognised for its DERASAT reporting platform · DEWA Podcasts

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  Welcome to Innovation Today. We have exciting
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  news from Dubai's energy sector. Dubai Electricity
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  and Water Authority has won the Innovative Power
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  Technology of the Year UAE Award at the Asian
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  Power Awards 2025, one of the most prestigious
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  regional honors in the energy sector. Diwa received
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  the award in recognition of its in -house developed
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  Darasat digital platform. The award was presented
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  at a ceremony held at the Intercontinental Kuala
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  Lumpur, Malaysia. What did His Excellency say
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  about this achievement? His Excellency Saeed
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  Mohammed Al -Tayr, MD and CEO of Diwa, said,
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  We are committed to providing a motivating environment
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  that encourages employees to develop innovative
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  solutions that enhance the efficiency and reliability
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  of the energy system and achieve the highest
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  standards of availability and performance, in
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  line with Diwa's approach to digital leadership
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  and smart solutions across its operations. The
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  Derisat platform reflects our employees' ability
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  to develop advanced digital solutions with global
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  standards, transforming operational data into
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  accurate analytical tools that support decision
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  -making and have a tangible impact on operational
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  efficiency, cost reduction, and service sustainability.
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  What are the platform's key achievements? Altair
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  highlighted that the Derisat platform has automated
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  95 % of the monthly reporting process, delivering
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  peak load reports for over 4 ,500 medium -voltage
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  network rings and nearly 10 ,000 feeders by the
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  second working day of each month, eight days
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  faster than the previous process. What about
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  the financial impact? His Excellency Altair stated
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  that Deresat has achieved AED 3 .5 million in
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  savings compared to outsourced automation, reduced
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  annual operating costs by 1 .1 million AED, and
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  eliminated 95 % of manual work, saving 254 man
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  -hours per month. The platform replaces fragmented
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  spreadsheets with centralized reporting, improving
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  data accessibility for more than 90 users across
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  Diwa. A remarkable achievement showcasing Dubai's
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  digital excellence. Thank you for listening.