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DEWA International Strengthens Global Partnerships and Expands International Operations in the UK · DEWA Podcasts

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  Diwa International is expanding its international
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  operations through a high -level visit to London.
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  The delegation was led by His Excellency Saeed
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  Mohammed Al -Tayyar, MD, and CEO of Dubai Electricity
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  and Water Authority and Chairman of Diwa International.
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  In London, the delegation met senior leadership
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  from ING and ACTIS to strengthen global partnerships
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  and deepen cooperation with companies specialized
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  in infrastructure investments. The delegation
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  also included Walid bin Salman, Executive Vice
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  President of Business Development and Excellence,
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  and Marwan bin Haidar, Executive Vice President
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  of Innovation and the Future at Diwa, together
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  with several senior officials. During the visit,
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  His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al -Tayyar highlighted
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  Diwa International's framework and said that
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  Under the vision and directives 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 has become a global capital for economy,
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  trade and innovation, and a leading model in
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  sustainable development. He explained that Diwa
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  International was recently established to strengthen
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  Dubai's global position and transferred Diwa's
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  proven expertise and successful operating model
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  to international markets. Leveraging Diwa's capabilities
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  in project development, finance, technology,
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  digital innovation, project management and operations,
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  it plans to develop, finance, deliver and operate
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  power and water infrastructure projects around
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  the world. He also emphasized Diwa's performance
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  record. Diwa ranks first globally across 13 key
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  performance indicators for utility service performance
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  and holds two leading regional positions in production,
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  transmission and distribution and customer service.
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  Diwa achieved a world record in electricity customer
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  minutes lost at just 0 .82 minutes, about 49
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  seconds, per year. It also recorded electricity
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  transmission and distribution losses of 2%. and
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  water transmission and distribution losses of
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  4 .4%. This international expansion is closely
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  linked to the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050
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  and the Dubai Net Zero Carbon Strategy 2050.
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  A central project is the Mohammed bin Rashid
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  Al Maktoum Solar Park, the world's largest single
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  -site solar park developed under the independent
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  power producer model. Clean energy now makes
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  up more than 21 .5 % of Dubai's energy mix, and
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  this is expected to rise to 36 % by 2030, above
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  the original target of 25%. The solar park's
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  production capacity is projected to exceed 8
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  ,000 MW by 2030, compared with the original target
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  of 5 ,000 MW. This will help reduce annual carbon
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  emissions by more than 8 .5 million tonnes, surpassing
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  the initial goal of 6 .5 million tonnes.