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DEWA’s IWPP model earns Seven-Star recognition and attracts over AED 47.4 Billion in investments · DEWA Podcasts

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  Let's start with DEWA, the Dubai Electricity
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  and Water Authority. It has secured a seven -star
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  rating at the International Best Practice Competition
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  for its independent water and power producer
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  model. Over the past 12 years, that framework
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  has attracted more than 47 .4 billion dirhams
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  in cumulative project investments. That's a remarkable
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  achievement. The model functions as a strategic
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  enabler. allowing DEWA to deliver energy and
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  water projects alongside the private sector.
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  Waleed bin Salman, Executive Vice President of
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  Business Development and Excellence at DEWA,
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  explains that the authority adopted the independent
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  power producer model back in 2014, moving away
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  from the traditional engineering, procurement,
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  and construction approach. Since then, DEWA has
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  continuously refined the framework to attract
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  leading international developers and investors
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  while improving delivery efficiency. Among the
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  flagship projects delivered under this approach
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  is the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park,
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  the world's largest single -site solar park,
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  with a planned capacity exceeding 8 ,000 megawatts
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  by 2030. DEWA has also extended the model into
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  the water sector. through the Hasayan Seawater
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  Reverse Osmosis Project, its first independent
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  water project, with a production capacity of
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  180 million imperial gallons of desalinated water
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  per day. Earlier, His Excellency Saeed Mohammed
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  Al -Tayyar, MD and CEO of DEWA, shared his perspective
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  on the broader impact. He said, quote, Dubai
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  continues to consolidate its position as a global
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  investment destination, ranking first worldwide
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  for attracting Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment
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  Projects, FDI, for the fifth consecutive year
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  in 2025, according to Financial Times' FDI Markets
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  data. The IWPP model is one of the key pillars
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  enabling DEWA to implement strategic projects
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  in partnership with the private sector. The model
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  has delivered globally recognized outcomes, most
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  notably achieving record low energy purchase
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  tariffs for solar projects at the Mohammed bin
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  Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. It has also attracted
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  substantial investments from the private sector
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  and international financial institutions, supporting
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  investment inflows into Dubai and the UAE, end
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  quote. His Excellency also emphasized that the
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  success of the framework rests on an integrated
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  approach. combining good governance, transparency,
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  fair value creation for all stakeholders, and
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  strong risk management practices that reinforce
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  investor confidence and the long -term sustainability
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  of these projects.