UAE – Mubasher: Dubai’s electricity capacity has reached 12,900 megawatts (MW), raising tenfold when compared to the 1990s, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) announced on Sunday.
Dubai’s installed production capacity of electricity is expected to rise next July to 13,200MW, with the launch of the 300MW first project as part of the 900MW fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.
The project uses photovoltaic solar panels based on the Independent Power Producer (IPP) model.
The emirate also reported 490 million imperial gallons of desalinated water per day (MIGD), up eight times in the 1990s.
DEWA has major clean and renewable energy projects to implement Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050, which aims to offer 75% of the emirate’s total power capacity from clean energy sources.
The Managing Director and CEO of DEWA, Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, commented: “In line with DEWA’s vision to become a globally leading sustainable innovative corporation, we work to provide state-of-the-art infrastructure for facilities management and services through smart and integrated systems that use disruptive technologies and Fourth Industrial Revolution applications.”
