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Dubai Press Club hosts Saeed Al Tayer to discuss Dubai’s vision for energy and water security · DEWA Podcasts

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  The Dubai Press Club hosted His Excellency Saeed
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  Mohammed Al -Tayyar, Managing Director and Chief
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  Executive Officer of Dubai Electricity and Water
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  Authority, and Vice Chairman of the Dubai Supreme
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  Council of Energy, to discuss Dubai's vision
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  for sustainable energy, water security, and infrastructure
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  readiness for future growth. The session was
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  attended by Her Excellency Mona Ghanem Al -Mahri,
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  Vice Chairperson and Managing Director of the
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  Dubai Media Council and President of the Dubai
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  Press Club. The discussion also focused on innovation,
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  crisis management, business continuity and the
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  role of long -term strategic planning in strengthening
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  Dubai's global leadership in vital sectors. His
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  Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al -Tayyar said that,
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  with the directives and support of His Highness
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  Sheikh 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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  Dubai now has one of the world's finest electricity
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  and water infrastructures, with very high standards
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  of availability, reliability, and efficiency.
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  He stated that Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
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  ranks first globally in 13 key performance indicators.
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  These include a customer minute loss duration
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  average of 49 seconds per customer per year,
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  electricity transmission and distribution losses
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  of 2 % and water losses of 4 .4%. He also explained
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  that energy and water security are central to
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  the UAE's national security. Dubai's electricity
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  production capacity stands at around 18 ,000
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  megawatts, supported by both conventional and
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  renewable energy sources. A major contributor
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  is the Mohammed bin Rashid al -Maktoum solar
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  park, described as the world's largest of its
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  kind. It combines photovoltaic technology, concentrated
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  solar power, battery storage and green hydrogen.
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  Clean energy capacity from the solar park is
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  expected to exceed 8 ,000 megawatts by 2030.
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  The solar park has also achieved four Guinness
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  World Records. These include the highest capacity
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  single operator concentrated solar power plant,
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  at 700 megawatts the tallest concentrated solar
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  power tower at 263 .126 meters the largest thermal
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  energy storage plant with 15 hours of thermal
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  storage and the longest continuous concentrated
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  solar power plant operation On water security,
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  he said Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
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  uses advanced desalination technologies, including
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  high -efficiency reverse osmosis. He also highlighted
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  the world's largest desalinated water storage
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  and recovery project in underground aquifers,
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  with a storage capacity of 6 billion gallons,
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  available immediately during emergencies. He
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  further noted that artificial intelligence has
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  been used since 2017, including the virtual employee
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  RAMIS, developed with Microsoft. which operates
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  24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Smart meters,
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  connected systems, and the Moro Data Center under
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  Dubai Electricity and Water Authority Digital
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  also support artificial intelligence, big data,
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  and cybersecurity. The discussion concluded by
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  emphasising that proactive planning, resilient
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  infrastructure, strategic reserves and strong
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  partnerships have made Dubai Electricity and
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  Water Authority a global model for reliability
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  and sustainability.