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HE Saeed Al Tayer receives Ethiopian Executive Leadership Training Programme delegation • The delegation learnt about DEWA’s practices, initiatives and global achievements · DEWA Podcasts

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  Have you seen the press release about the Ethiopian
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  Executive Leadership Training Program delegation
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  from the government of the Federal Democratic
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  Republic of Ethiopia, received by His Excellency
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  Saeed Mohamed Al -Tayr, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity
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  and Water Authority, at Al -Ashira, the Authority's
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  headquarters? Yes, I did. It took place within
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  the UAE Government Experience Exchange Programme,
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  which aims to foster cooperation and the exchange
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  of expertise and knowledge across all sectors.
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  The delegation was briefed on the Authority's
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  leading practices and initiatives and its global
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  achievements in electricity, water, sustainability,
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  innovation, digital transformation and customer
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  service, plus its approaches to governance, corporate
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  excellence and the management of major projects.
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  What impressed me were the numbers. The authority
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  ranks first globally across 13 key performance
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  indicators, outperforming major utilities in
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  the European Union and the United States. Dubai
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  has recorded the world's lowest customer minutes
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  lost at just 0 .82 minutes, approximately 49
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  seconds, per customer annually, compared to about
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  15 minutes for major European electricity utilities.
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  And the losses are remarkable too. Electricity
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  transmission and distribution losses stand at
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  just 2%, the lowest rate globally, well below
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  the global average of 6 -7%, while water network
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  losses stand at 4 .4%, compared to about 15 %
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  in North America. His Excellency emphasised that
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  hosting the delegation reflects international
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  confidence in the Authority's pioneering experience
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  and embodies the UAE's commitment to strengthening
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  government partnerships and building leadership
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  capabilities. He said, knowledge exchange is
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  a fundamental pillar of sustainable development
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  and enhanced joint government action. He also
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  highlighted the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
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  Solar Park, the world's largest single -site
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  solar park, expected to exceed 8 ,000 megawatts
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  by 2030. Its fourth phase holds four Guinness
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  World Records. the world's tallest concentrated
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  solar power tower at 263 .126 meters, the largest
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  thermal energy storage capacity at 5 ,907 megawatt
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  hours, and the largest single -operator concentrated
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  solar power plant at 700 megawatts. Correct.
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  And there is the 250 -megawatt Hata Pumped Storage
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  Hydroelectric Power Plant, the first project
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  of its kind in the GCC. with an energy storage
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  capacity of 1 ,500 megawatt hours. A genuine
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  global benchmark, guided by the vision and directives
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  of the wise leadership, and a strong reflection
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  of Dubai and the UAE's position as a global hub
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  for sharing best practices. Indeed, a partnership
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  built on knowledge exchange, exactly as His Excellency
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  described.