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Seychelles’ Minister of Environment, Climate, Energy and Natural Resources briefed on DEWA’s pioneering experience in developing solar energy projects · DEWA Podcasts

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  Welcome to The Clean Shift, your update on global
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  energy and sustainability. At the recent World
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  Government Summit 2026 in Dubai, a key meeting
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  highlighted a powerful blueprint for an ambitious
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  energy transition. That's right. His Excellency
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  Saeed Mohammed Al -Tayyar, the MD and CEO of
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  the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, or
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  DIWA, welcomed Her Excellency Marie May Jeremy.
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  Okay. Who is the Minister of Environment, Climate,
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  Energy, and Natural Resources of the Republic
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  of Seychelles. A very significant meeting, men.
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  And the centerpiece of their discussion was a
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  project of just truly monumental scale, the Mohammed
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  bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. The scale is
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  almost hard to fully grasp. The park, you know,
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  it already accounts for over 21 % of Dubai's
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  energy mix. Right. But the really big news from
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  this meeting is that Diwa is dramatically accelerating
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  its goals. Accelerating them? How so? Well, the
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  2030 capacity target has been raised from an
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  already huge 5 ,000 megawatts to now... Wow.
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  8 ,000 megawatts. This will push clean energy
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  share to over 36 percent, far exceeding the original
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  targets. That's a massive leap. And His Excellency
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  Altair connected this directly to the Emirates'
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  long -term vision, didn't he? He did. He stated,
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  and I quote, these efforts align with the Dubai
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  Clean Energy Strategy 2050 and the Dubai Net
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  Zero Carbon Emission Strategy 2050. Incredible.
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  That aimed to provide 100 percent of the Emirates
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  energy production capacity from clean sources
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  by 2050. An incredible commitment. And it's not
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  just about the sheer size. It's also about the
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  pioneering technology. I mean, we're talking
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  four Guinness World Records. Yeah. So how do
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  they actually build all of this so effectively?
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  So that comes down to a smart partnership model.
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  His Excellency El -Tayer explained their approach.
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  He said Dubai Electricity Water Authority is
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  implementing the solar parks projects in partnership
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  with the private sector. Right, right. With independent
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  power producer model. The IPP model. So that
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  public -private partnership is clearly a game
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  changer. Absolutely. Because the innovation it's
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  driving is delivering some incredible results,
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  especially on the efficiency front. Absolutely.
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  It's one of the most impressive statistics. As
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  His Excellency Altea pointed out, modern technologies
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  have contributed to increasing the efficiency
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  of electricity generation using photovoltaic
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  solar panels from 11 % a decade ago to more than
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  24 % today. More than doubling the efficiency
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  in just 10 years. That is stunning. It's no wonder
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  Minister Jeremy from the Seychelles praised Jiwa's
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  expertise and was keen to visit the site. Right.
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  This isn't just a project for Dubai. It's a working
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  model for the world. It truly is. I mean, this
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  meeting wasn't just a formal courtesy. It was
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  a showcase of a new energy future being built
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  right now. Yeah. Proving what's possible when
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  a clear vision meets a welcoming investment environment
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  and the rapid adoption of new tech. Now, here's
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  a question we'd like you to think about. As these
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  massive centralized clean energy projects become
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  the norm, what role will smaller, community -level
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  solar and wind initiatives play in our future
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  energy grid?