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DEWA and Consulate General of Kazakhstan explore collaboration in energy, operational efficiency and innovation · DEWA Podcasts

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  His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al -Tayyar, Managing
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  Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water
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  Authority, met His Excellency Taz Balat, Consul
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  General of Kazakhstan in Dubai and the Northern
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  Emirates, to explore stronger cooperation in
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  renewable energy, water, operational efficiency,
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  and innovation. Their discussion also covered
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  investment opportunities, projects of mutual
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  interest and the exchange of expertise, reflecting
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  the growing economic relations between the United
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  Arab Emirates and Kazakhstan. said the organization
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  is ready to share its expertise and expand collaboration
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  with Kazakhstan, which has significant potential
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  in the renewable energy sector. He highlighted
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  programmes that support the Dubai Clean Energy
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  Strategy 2050 and the Dubai Net Zero Carbon Emissions
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  Strategy 2050, both aimed at providing 100 %
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  of the Emirates' energy production capacity from
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  clean sources by 2050. He also referred to the
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  Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, the
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  largest single -site solar park in the world,
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  with a current production capacity of 3 ,860
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  megawatts. Clean energy now accounts for more
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  than 21 .5 % of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority's
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  total capacity and is expected to reach 36 %
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  by 2030, compared to 25 % in the original plan.
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  This will reduce more than 8 .5 million tonnes
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  of carbon emissions annually. He further noted
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  that Dubai Electricity and Water Authority ranks
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  first globally in 13 key performance indicators
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  and two regional key performance indicators across
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  generation, transmission, distribution and customer
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  services. and has pioneered innovation in the
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  energy and water sectors for more than three
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  decades. His Excellency Tasbalat, Consul General
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  of Kazakhstan in Dubai and the Northern Emirates,
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  expressed appreciation for the meeting and reaffirmed
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  Kazakhstan's commitment to deepening its partnership
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  with Dubai Electricity and Water Authority.