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HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer and Belarus Consul General explore renewable energy and bilateral cooperation · DEWA Podcasts

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  Today's discussion highlights an important diplomatic
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  and strategic engagement in the field of clean
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  energy and sustainable development. His Excellency
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  Saeed Muhammad Al -Tayr, Managing Director and
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  CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority,
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  received His Excellency Aliexi Zaldiban, Consul
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  General of Belarus in Dubai. This meeting reflected
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  the growing importance of UAE -Belarus relations
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  and focused on opportunities for cooperation
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  in renewable energy, innovation, and sustainable
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  development. The meeting was attended by senior
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  Diwa officials, including Waleed bin Salman,
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  Executive Vice President of Business Development
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  and Excellence, and Marwan bin Haidar, Executive
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  Vice President of Innovation and the Future.
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  During the discussions, both sides explored investment
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  opportunities, joint projects, and the exchange
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  of expertise, supporting stronger economic ties
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  between the UAE and Belarus. His Excellency Saeed
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  Muhammad Al -Tayr presented Diwa's major projects
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  and initiatives, emphasizing its strategy to
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  diversify Dubai's energy mix through clean and
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  renewable energy. These efforts support the Dubai
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  Clean Energy Strategy 2050 and the Dubai Net
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  Zero Carbon Emission Strategy 2050, aiming to
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  provide 100 % of the Emirates' energy production
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  capacity from clean sources by 2050. A major
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  highlight was the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
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  Solar Park, described as the world's largest
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  single -site solar park, with a current production
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  capacity of 3 ,860 megawatts. Clean energy now
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  accounts for more than 21 .5 % of Diwa's total
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  capacity, expected to rise to 36 % by 2030, exceeding
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  the original target of 25%. This progress is
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  expected to reduce carbon emissions by more than
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  8 .5 million tons annually. His Excellency Saeed
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  Mohammed Altayr noted that Diwa ranks first worldwide
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  in 13 key performance indicators, and first regionally
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  in two across electricity generation, transmission,
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  distribution, and customer services. In conclusion,
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  the meeting reaffirmed Diwa's global leadership
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  in renewable energy and innovation, while opening
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  the door for valuable future cooperation with
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  Belarusian companies and institutions.