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DEWA’s two stands at WETEX highlight its role in advancing energy and water security and sustainability · DEWA Podcasts

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  Two stands, one message. Dubai is no longer only
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  talking about energy and water security. It is
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  measuring it. This is a formal discussion of
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  the 28th edition of the Water, Energy, Technology,
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  and Environment Exhibition and what Dubai Electricity
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  and Water Authority presented there. Khalid,
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  the mandate first. Under the directives of His
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  Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
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  Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE
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  and Ruler of Dubai, and under the patronage of
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  His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum,
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  Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy,
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  Dubai Electricity and Water Authority organized
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  the 28th edition of the Water, Energy, Technology,
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  and Environment Exhibition from the 20th to the
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  22nd of October, 2026, at the Dubai World Trade
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  Center. Two main stands. A1 in Zayib Hall and
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  A2 in Sheikh Saeed Hall 1. covering generation,
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  water, networks, digital systems, space, research,
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  and social impact. The framework is the Dubai
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  Clean Energy Strategy 2050 and the Dubai Net
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  Zero Carbon Emission Strategy 2050 for 100 %
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  of energy production capacity from clean sources
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  by 2050, supported by the UAE Water Security
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  Strategy 2036, the Dubai Integrated Water Resources
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  Management Strategy 2030, And the UAE Strategy
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  for Artificial Intelligence 2031. Performance.
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  First globally in 13 key performance indicators.
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  Customer minutes lost, 0 .82 minutes per customer
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  annually, approximately 49 seconds. Electricity
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  transmission and distribution losses, 2%, the
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  lowest globally. Water network losses, 4 .4%.
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  Reliability and availability above 99 .99%. Generation.
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  Stand A1 carried a model of Phase 7 of the Muhammad
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  bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, the world's
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  largest single -site solar park on the independent
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  power producer model. Phase 7 adds 2 ,000 megawatts
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  of photovoltaic capacity and a 1 ,400 megawatt
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  battery system with six hours of storage, 8 ,400
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  megawatt hours in total. The park passes 8 ,000
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  megawatts against an original 5 ,000, a 60 %
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  increase. Water and storage. Hacian Reverse Osmosis
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  Desalination is the world's largest seawater
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  desalination project of its kind at 3 .377 billion
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  dirhams. Dubai Electricity and Water Authority's
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  first independent water producer project, reaching
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  180 million gallons a day this year. Hatta Pumped
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  Storage is the first in the Gulf Cooperation
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  Council region. 250 megawatts. 1 ,500 megawatt
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  hours of storage and up to 80 years of operation.
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  Buildings and hydrogen. Al -Sharaa, the new headquarters,
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  is the world's tallest, largest and smartest
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  net positive government building, with lead platinum
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  for new construction from the US Green Building
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  Council. The Green Hydrogen Project, the first
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  in the Middle East and North Africa, produces
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  about 20 kilograms per hour, with the tank storing
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  up to 12 hours of solar -produced hydrogen. Commercial
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  and operating layers. Dubai Electricity and Water
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  Authority International is a wholly -owned subsidiary
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  exporting Dubai's energy and water model to global
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  markets. The Distribution Networks Smart Center
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  manages advanced metering infrastructure, Shams
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  Dubai for rooftop volta -voltaic systems, and
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  the EV Green Charger Initiative. Mobility and
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  Space Dubai has 2 ,826 electric vehicle charging
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  stations, including green charger stations and
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  licensed independent operators. in four types,
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  ultra -fast, fast, public, and wallbox. SpaceD's
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  two nanosatellites, Dewasat -1 and Dewasat -2,
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  make Dubai Electricity and Water Authority the
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  world's first utility to use nanosatellites for
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  network planning and maintenance. Research By
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  the end of 2025, the Research and Development
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  Center had published 347 scientific papers and
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  registered 65 patents, 19 of them granted. It
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  built both satellites and the ground station
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  tracking them between 400 and 700 kilometers,
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  the Genos 2 .0 planning platform, and Tadafuk,
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  which monitors feedwater quality at reverse osmosis
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  plants using sensors and artificial intelligence.
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  Engineering and digital. Virtualized protection,
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  automation, and control replaces substation hardware
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  with software on vendor -neutral platforms under
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  IEC 61850, cutting footprint and lifecycle costs.
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  The Gas Turbine Intelligent Controller, the world's
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  first of its kind, raises output across 14 units
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  at the Jebel Ali Power and Desalination Complex.
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  The Technical Guide for Infrastructure Projects
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  covers 67 projects. Digital Diwa presents Moral
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  Hub, recognized by Guinness World Records as
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  the world's largest solar power data center,
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  with InfraX and DigitalX. Ramas answers customers
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  in Arabic and English, and Smart Response lets
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  them self -diagnose interruptions. Social impact.
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  Suqya UAE has reached approximately 15 million
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  people in 37 countries since 2015, and runs the
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  Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award
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  with $1 million in prizes. Four cycles have honored
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  43 winners from 26 countries. Between 2013 and
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  the first half of 2026, 515 community initiatives
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  drew 271 ,433 volunteer hours, with a societal
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  happiness score of 95 % in 2025. The through
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  line. Measured capacity and efficiency. 13 global
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  firsts, 0 .82 minutes lost, 2 % and 4 .4 % losses,
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  above 99 .99 % availability, more than 8 ,000
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  megawatts of solar ambition, and 180 million
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  gallons of water a day. That closes this discussion
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  of the 28th edition of the Water, Energy, Technology,
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  and Environment Exhibition.