Dubai, UAE, 8 February 2012: Abu Dhabi Municipality and Ruud Lighting Arabia were the standout winners at the Middle East Electricity Awards, taking home the Project of the Year Award for their joint collaboration on the Salaam Street and Tunnel project in the UAE capital.

Contested by 29 departments, teams and organisations across six different categories, the awards were a new addition to Middle East Electricity, which opened yesterday (7 February) at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, and concludes tomorrow (9 February).

Ruud Lighting Arabia supplied the municipality with 5,016 interior zone LED luminaires which were installed along the 2.6km Salaam Street Tunnel to replace existing High Pressure Sodium (HPS) lights. The new fixtures reduce energy consumption by 60 per cent and deliver 80,000 of burning hours compared to 10,000 burning hours of the incumbent HPS fixtures.

Other notable winners of the evening included global leaders in power and automation technologies ABB Power for their ‘ABB Transmission & Distribution’ project in the CSR Initiative of the Year category; and CIMCON Software for their ‘LightingGale Intelligent Streetlight Management System’ in the Best Innovation or Technology of the Year category.

CIMCON’s LightingGale is an automated, intelligent street light management system that automatically adjusts lighting for traditional and LED lights where and when it is needed, thereby reducing carbon dioxide emissions by up to 30 per cent and saving 50 per cent on maintenance costs.

Terry Willis, Managing Director of the Middle East branch for the Energy Industries Council UK, and one of the judges of the awards said: “The Middle East Electricity Awards are an excellent reference to highlight some of the outstanding contributions that are being made within the power sector of the energy industry across the region.

“It is an opportunity to showcase what is going on and how latest technologies are being implemented to meet the ever-increasing demands for excellence within the power community, both from a provider as well as a consumer perspective. The quality of entrants this year was equally as diverse as they were excellent.”

The Middle East Electricity Award winners

Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Deputy Ruler, Middle East Electricity is firmly established as the world’s leading power event.  The exhibition features more than 1,000 exhibitors showcasing the latest cutting edge innovations, solutions, products and services in the power, lighting, renewable, nuclear and water sectors.

Organised by Informa Exhibitions, Middle East Electricity 2012 is the partner event to Power + Water Middle East in Abu Dhabi, Power Nigeria in Abuja and Africa Electricity in Johannesburg.

DEWA is managing a range of development projects to enhance and update the capacity of its infrastructure to meet the targets of Dubai’s strategic plan and DEWA’s aspirations to enhance its transmission grid and optimize its services. These Substations are the backbone of DEWA’s power transmission grids.

“In line with the directives of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to promote Dubai’s leading position in the region as a global hub for finance, business and tourism, DEWA is enhancing the efficiency of its power grids through a series of key projects to support its infrastructure,” said HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA.

“These Substations apply state-of-the-art digital technologies for Substation transformers to improve the reliability and efficiency of its operations, which will drive its efforts to achieve sustainable development,” added His Excellency.

“The project aims to promote power transmission at Al Aweer and Meydan. This project comprises two main 400/132KV Substations. They have four transformers, each with a capacity of 2,020 Megavolt Amperes. These two Substations are connected by 1.6km of overhead lines to other Substations at Mushrif, Warsan and Jebel Ali. These will enhance the efficiency of the power transmission grid all over Dubai,” added His Excellency.

Dubai, UAE, 6th February 2012: A senior delegation from Empower, the largest district cooling service provider in the MENA region, visited Texas Medical Center Central Heating and Cooling Services Corporation (TECO) in Texas, USA and held discussions with its senior officials as well as made a comprehensive tour in its plants, at the end of the Winter Conference of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), in Chicago recently.

The Empower delegation consisted of Tariq Alyasi, Chief Operations & Maintenance Officer and Sultan Al Holy, Director-Operations & Maintenance, and Moustapha Assayed, Senior Engineering Manager.

The aim of the visit was to share best practices in district cooling and heating industry and initiate efforts towards benchmarking the quality of operations in the district cooling industry in the Middle East.

The visit also aimed at knowledge sharing as well as discussing technology updates in the district cooling industry and the significance of district cooling services to critical segments such as the healthcare industry.

Ahmed Bin Shafar, CEO of Empower, commented: “The visit was part of an initiative towards exploring the possibilities of sharing the best practices especially in areas of operations and maintenance of this promising company. We focused on their practices in manpower distribution, scheduling, preventive maintenance, continuity models, sustainable operations and maintenance programmes. Empower believes that knowledge-sharing and exchange of expertise will benefit both TECO and Empower to evolve best and cost-effective methods in district energy business.”

He added: “One of the prestigious customers of Empower is Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC), a state-of-the-art hub of healthcare providers and related establishments. Understanding and sharing best practices of TECO, the district cooling and heating provider of Texas Medical Center – a conclave of medical institutions and facilities, will benefit both organisations.”

Healthcare is very important when it comes to indoor temperature control. The customers in this segment should be able to easily monitor and control indoor temperature in medical facilities, so as to ensure quick and full recovery of the patients and preservation of the costly and sensitive equipments.

The discussions between TECO and Empower focused on market-implications and new trends in the district cooling industry.

TECO is a thermal Heating & Cooling Plant specifically catering to the requirements of Texas Medical Centre which is a conclave of medical institutions and facilities. The company’s plants supply service to 25 Texas Medical Center institutions in 42 buildings, which occupy approximately 13 million square feet of space, and represent over 75 percent of contiguous Texas Medical Center central campus building space.  TECO is the only thermal system in the Texas Medical Center authorized to supply multi-institution services.

Empower is the largest District Cooling provider in the region. It provides energy-efficient district cooling services to Business Bay along other projects, including large-scale real estate developments such as Dubai International Financial Center, Dubai Healthcare City, Jumeirah Beach Residence and City Of Arabia.

The construction and engineering works that will be undertaken by the Topaz Marine Engineering Division as part of the contract include structural works, outfitting and equipment installation. Upon delivery, the vessels will be approximately 22 metres long, will carry 24 passengers plus 7 crew, as well as up to 15 tonnes of cargo.

Johan Fulke, Managing Director - Marine Services of GAC Marine LLC, said, “NicoCraft has all the specifications we were looking for in a GCC-based company; they are industry professionals who know how to deliver the right end-product on time and within budget. This contract marks the start of an exciting new relationship for both our companies.”

GAC is a global provider of integrated shipping, logistics, marine and related services with operations in over 300 offices worldwide.

Thomas Bower, Managing Director of the Topaz Marine Engineering Division, commented, “Our first contract win with GAC is further recognition that our combined expertise in the construction and repair of aluminium and steel vessels are truly world class. The shipyard has successfully delivered over 20 vessels in the last 3 years, and has gained international recognition as an efficient and safety conscious operation.”

Bower added, “This contract also reaffirms NicoCraft’s ability to grow and leverage its credentials beyond regional players, attracting global companies such as GAC to come and build at its shipyard. We look forward to a long-term, collaborative partnership between the two companies.”

Topaz Marine Engineering has a strong history of orders from reputable worldwide firms. With more than 200 vessels repaired in 2011 and 10 new vessels under construction or delivered, the company continues to be a leader in the GCC marine sector.

Topaz is a provider of offshore support vessel and engineering services. It is a regional leader in undertaking turnkey engineering, procurement and construction projects with over 35 years of experience operating in MENA and more recently in the Caspian. Topaz Engineering operates under four units: Fabrication & Construction; Maintenance Services; Ship Building and Marine Repair.

This was announced at the event’s latest press conference headed up by speakers Mr. Abdulla Anbar Al-Jassim, Public Relations and Communication Department Manager, KAHRAMAA, Mr. Rashid Naser Al-Hajre, Public Relations & Shareholders Manager, QEWC, Mr. Abdulsattar Al-Rasheed, CEO Ras Abu Fontas Power Plant, QEWC, Mr. Glenn Ensor, International Events Director, PennWell Corporation and Mr. Nigel Blackaby, Conference Director, POWER-GEN Middle East, PennWell Corporation.

Organised by PennWell in partnership with KAHRAMAA and Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QEWC) as Co-Host and Platinum Sponsor, the event will kick off with the Opening Keynote Ceremony led by H.E. Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry on Monday 6 February followed by an official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and opening of the exhibition floor.

His Excellency will be joined by other keynote speakers H.E. Eng. Essa bin Hilal Al-Kuwari, President, KAHRAMAA, Mr. Fahad Hamad Al-Mohannadi, General Manager, Qatar Electricity and Water Company and Mr. Glenn Ensor, Director of Events, PennWell Corporation, UK.

All up, the event hosts an impressive line up of more than 120 eminent international chairs and speakers and nearly 140 exhibitors from 23 countries. Regional and international perspectives about topical power and water issues and opportunities for future growth and development will be presented along with new and innovative solutions using pioneering technology to overcome the financial, resource and environmental challenges facing today’s power and water industry.

The power sector in the GCC region has seen exponential growth ranging from 10 to 15% annually in many of its member states, with demand for electrical power to triple over the next 25 years. Similarly, the water industry is expected to be worth $70bn over the next ten years. Such developments in the power and water sectors of the GCC countries underline the fact that the region is not only one of the fastest growing but also holds the most potential of global electricity and water markets.

Power-Gen Middle East Conference Director, Nigel Blackaby said, “Over the years the event has grown in size and stature and is now recognized as the principle meeting place for delivering a formidable conference programme that tackles head on important strategic management and technical issues concerning the power generation business in the GCC and wider Middle East region. Together, Power-Gen Middle East and WaterWorld Middle East will continue to grow significantly as the region’s leading event in the power generation and water industries.”

WaterWorld Middle East Conference Director, Tom Freyberg said, “The inaugural WaterWorld Middle East event will enable participants to learn about future opportunities and take advantage of the promising market dynamics as forecasters predict a total of 39 million cubic metres per day of desalination capacity to be added between 2010 and 2020 in the Middle East region alone.”

Highlights of the event include Power-Gen Middle East’s Country Spotlights session including a presentation by H.E. Karim Aftan El Jurnaily, Minister of Electricity, Iraq. This session will look at opportunities and challenges presented by established and developing regional power markets including Iraq, Oman, Qatar and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

WaterWorld Middle East will also feature a spotlight session, MENA Spotlights. This session will be chaired by Khaldon Khashman, Secretary General, Arab Countries Water Utilities Association, ACWUA, Jordan, which will discuss regulatory changes, financing and water and wastewater infrastructure improvements in different countries including Qatar, Oman and Algeria, Bahrain and Jordan.

Other sessions expected to attract great interest include Power-Gen Middle East’s Project Issues-Encouraging Successes and Avoiding Pitfalls which will examine compensation issues related to major energy infrastructure delays in the Middle East and Trends in Finance, Risk & Investment, a look at how events in Europe and the US mean the fall-out of the credit crisis on major project finance is still being felt.

Similarly, WaterWorld Middle East’s popular sessions are likely to include Desalination Future Trends which will look at new wind and solar membrane powered processes that are being trialed in the region and Water Reuse with case studies from the Middle East and internationally demonstrating how wastewater technologies are helping to meet water reuse standards.

Aside from the conference, the dual exhibition has see a multitude of pioneering power and water technologies on display by leading players such as KAHRAMAA, Qatar Electricity & Water Company, MAPNA Group, Foster Wheeler, Balcke Duerr GMBH, Xylem, German Water Partnership; Metito (Overseas) Ltd and Protec.
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The event will kick off with the Opening Keynote Ceremony led by H.E. Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry on Monday 6 February.

In appreciation of QP’s sponsorship of the event, His Excellency Dr. Taufiq bin Fauzan Al-Rabiah, Minister of Commerce and Industry of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, presented the corporation with a trophy during the conference, and he also personally visited the QP stand during the opening of the exhibition.

Held every two years, the GCC Industrialists’ Conference and Exhibition was first held in Doha in 1985. The event is organized by the Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC), a Doha-based organization which was established by all six GCC countries in 1976 to promote industrial development in the region by facilitating the flow of knowledge and information. Yemen later joined the organization in 2009.

The GCC Industrialists’ Conference and Exhibition is hosted in rotation by its member states, and the 12th edition of the event was previously held in Doha in 2010, with QP serving as the event’s Strategic Partner.

For its 2012 edition, which took place on January 17-19 at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center, the theme of the event was “Knowledge-Based Industries and New Technologies.” The event was held under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Saud.

Being a major sponsor of the event and as one of the leading companies in the region, QP attracted the attention of many delegates and visitors, and the corporation used the opportunity to further spread awareness of its extensive operations. Over 900 delegates and visitors visited the QP stand during the three-day event, and they mainly inquired about QP’s range of projects as well as the employment opportunities in the corporation.

Convened every three years, this world’s largest meeting around water is organized in 2012 under the theme “Time for Solutions”. During the preparation process of the Forum, priorities for water actions were established, translated into measurable targets for which solutions are collected from throughout the globe. The Forum will provide the platform to share best practice and make commitments for the practical implementation of the solutions.

The Arab region will be represented in the 6thWorld Water Forum as one unit through the Arab Countries Cross-Continental Process led by the Arab Ministerial Council for Water within the League of Arab States. The Ministerial Council formed an Arab Preparatory Committee made of several Arab countries and organizations in order to prepare the Arab contribution in the Forum. The Arab region’s priorities and targets were established in line with the Strategy for Water Security in the Arab Region adopted in June 2011 by the Ministerial Council for Water.

The Strategy had identified five priority projects for the integrated water resources management in the Arab region that were used to define the Arab region’s five targets during the 6th World Water Forum. The Arab Water Academy in Abu Dhabi is charged with the coordination of the Arab region’s Target 3: “Develop, in the medium term (by 2020), alternative and practical solutions for using non-conventional water resources with focus on the use of renewable energy in water desalination and water treatment for meeting the increasing water demand in the Arab Region”.

According to the Director of the Academy, Dr. Asma El Kasmi, this specific target provides an excellent opportunity to highlight the Arab region’s contribution in advancing water solutions at regional and international levels. The Arab region is leading the world in water desalination and is currently boasting more than 60% of the global desalination capacity. This trend is likely to continue in the future as 10 Arab countries (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Algeria, Libya, Jordan and Yemen) rank amongst the top 20 countries worldwide for the forecasted desalination capacity during the period 2008-2016. Large growths of desalination capacity are also expected beyond 2016 for more Arab countries such as Egypt and Iraq. Similarly, some countries in the region retain high rates of treated wastewater reuse. Certain GCC Countries are estimated to maintain a 70% wastewater reuse rate or higher (i.e. Oman, Qatar and UAE), with strong commitment to increase this percentage to 100% in some places such as Abu Dhabi.

“Throughout the region, the use of non-conventional water resources including desalinated and treated wastewater is increasingly considered among the strategic options to close the widening gap between the demand and availability of water,” she added.

Dr. El Kasmi noted, “On the other hand, the region’s tremendous potential for renewable energy (especially solar and wind) is finding its way into national energy strategies. Morocco is expanding its wind and solar power generation capacity and plans to obtain 42% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020. Even oil rich countries are diversifying their energy sources by increasing the use of renewable energy. Saudi Arabia is planning to use solar energy to generate 10% of its electricity needs by 2020 -a total of 5 gigawatts and the United Arab Emirates launched a solar park that will be worth 1,000 megawatts by 2030.The huge potential for renewable energy in the Arab region could also be harnessed to generate export revenue from green electricity, industrial diversification and new skills creation.”

She stressed, “By making the strategic choice to expand the use of renewable energy and non-conventional water resources, Arab countries are opening new possibilities for responding to the region’s severe water scarcity while taking into account cost-effectiveness, environment sustainability and energy security.”

With 5% of the world’s population and only 1% of global freshwater water resources, the Arab region is heavily affected by water scarcity. Most countries in the region are already in water deficit and the gap between the demand and availability of water is widening due to rapidly growing populations, industrialization of the region’s economy and the anticipated negative effects of climate change. The collective water shortage of 17 Arab countries is currently estimated to over 30 billion m3 and this deficit is expected to triple by 2030 and increase to over 150 billion m3 by 2050.

Freshwater shortage is a limitation to economic development, food production, human health and environment protection. Most countries in the region augment their water supply by over-exploiting their fossil aquifers, running a high risk of widespread exhaustion and saline intrusion of aquifers. Over-extraction of groundwater is undermining national assets at rates equivalent to 1 to 2% of GDP every year in some Arab countries. The first line of action to reduce the region’s water deficit is to increase water use efficiency by improving demand management and reducing losses. Nevertheless, continued demographic and economic growth will also require expanding water supply through alternative water production methods such as water desalination and reuse of treated wastewater. So far, the costliness, energy-intensity and environmental implications of such processes have limited their expansion across the entire region.

The widespread dissemination of the use of non-conventional water resources is highly dependent on developing local capacity for making the technology affordable and environmentally friendly. Especially for reducing the cost of energy consumption (which accounts for 30-50% of the overall costs of water desalination) and decreasing the adverse effects on the environment in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and discharge of brine and other contaminants. The current heavy reliance on fossil fuels for water desalination is not sustainable (Saudi Arabia alone uses 1.5 million barrels of oil per day in its plants). Many of the problems related to desalination could be reduced by replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources.

Pilot projects for using renewable energy in water desalination already exist in some Arab countries. Examples include the solar powered desalination plants for brackish groundwater in the Abu Dhabi Emirate, and the solar and wind powered units to desalinate brackish groundwater in Oman. Until recently, most of these initiatives were small scale projects. Broader scale projects will be operational as early as 2013 such as the solar-powered desalination plant in Al-Khafji in Saudi Arabia with a capacity of 30,000 m3/day, and the Qatar National Food Security Program (QNFSP) plan to combine Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) with seawater desalination technologies to meet agricultural water needs.

The session facilitated by the Arab Water Academy during the 6th World Water Forum will provide the opportunity to highlight these advances in the Arab region and promote experience sharing between Arab countries and with other regions in the world facing similar challenges. The debate will be geared towards efficiency improvement and innovation in technology, policy, capacity development and awareness for managing the water-energy nexus in the Arab region. Representatives from governments, research institutions, private sector, development agencies and civil society will discuss critical questions such as how to up-scale the use of renewable energy for alternative water production at commercial scale, how to develop and apply regulations for the reuse of treated wastewater in different sectors, and how to achieve public acceptability of new resources.

The SYSTIMAX iPatch solution provides IT managers improved network visibility, allowing them to track the physical locations of all networked devices, such as desktop and laptop computers, wireless access points, internet protocol (IP) phones and IP cameras, in real-time. As the IT industry strives to reduce its carbon footprint, the integration of iPatch location information and EnergyWise power management capabilities can further reduce energy consumption, whilst also improving operational efficiency and reducing costs.

“Enhancing Cisco’s industry-leading EnergyWise solution with iPatch provides greatly expanded ability to apply energy management policies based on the real-time location of devices,” said Ciaran Forde, vice president, Enterprise, MEA, CommScope. “In addition to providing vision, knowledge and control over the physical layer infrastructure, by optimizing EnergyWise capabilities the iPatch solution can become an invaluable tool for energy management.”

Taha Mohsen, Regional Manager, Cisco Qatar, added: “With a considerable proportion of the world’s electricity consumed inside office buildings, reducing that share is an important objective for the IT industry. EnergyWise enables companies to measure, monitor and manage the power consumption of network infrastructure and any network-attached devices. By using the network as a platform for energy management, companies can manage power consumption with specific policies, reducing power consumption to realize increased cost savings, potentially affecting any powered device. When combining iPatch with our own Cisco EnergyWise Technology, IT and building facilities operations personnel can understand, optimize, and help control power across an entire corporate infrastructure, potentially affecting any powered device.”

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H.E. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, accompanied with Dr. Yousef Al Akraf, EVP  -Business Support, rewarded DEWA’s distinguished employee in the presence of a number of DEWA’s senior managers and employees.

On this occasion, H.E. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA said: “In line with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai to promote, retain and reward distinguished talents and their achievements and to encourage them for exerting more efforts and giving, DEWA is keen to reward and recognizes its distinguished employees”.

H.E. explained “Our employees is at the top of our priorities, therefore, DEWA pays a great attention to consolidate the culture of excellence by providing various programs and initiatives that contribute in promoting the efficiency and skills of our employees. Also DEWA strives to honor employees for their excllence work and performance at indivdual or team levels”.

In the other hand, Dr. Yousef Al Akraf said “DEWA launches several initiatives and programs aiming at rewarding and promoting its employees”.

Al Akraf pointed out  that “DEWA considers its human resources as a key element for developing its performance and the main pillar to achieve excellence at all levels”. He stressed also on the “Importance of urging the factors of excellence which is usually correlated with innovation”.

“Excellence is one of the key factors for the success of any organization, therefore, DEWA is keen to provide suitable environment to its employees to reap the seeds of their success and the excellence of DEWA through them. We urge also  all employees to take the initiative by developing themselves and working hard to achieve success and excllence in their career at DEWA to stand out and achieve the highest levels of pioneership and distinguised performance”.

H.E. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, accompanied with Dr. Yousef Al Akraf, honord the following employees: Ameen Abu Alshawareb, Nadia Al Ali, Rab Nawaz, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Yousef, Hajar Saeed, Rasheed O.K,  Kanagasabapathy Dhanapal, Karthick Rethinasabapathy, Reem Al Mansouri, Mariam Al Mulla, Amina Albalooshi, from the “Networks Design”, Water and Power Planning Division for the Distinguished Team Category at DEWA’s level.

Ashwath Narayan, Rahul Chinubhai, Atul Muzumdar, Raghavan Sadarsanan, Mohammed Latif, T.G Senthil , Parvez Mohammed, Rajesh Krishna, Saheel Abdul Rhoof, Muthuram Prakash, Mohammad Imtiaz, Akhtar Ali,  M.B. Abdul Ajeez from “Main Maintenance Departmet of E Station, Production Divison were honored under the category   of Distinguished Team in the Technical Project’s category.

The list of honored employees included  also MUHAMMAD RAZAQ, VENKATE SWARLU VADA, SHAJAHAN MYTHEEN KUNJU, SIRAJ MAHMOOD YOUSUF won the best cable jointer category. Also, Distinguished Employee Boualem Haddouche who earned the Special Act Award due to his great efforts that resulted in reducing the excessive number of alarms raised to the water SCADA system by developing the Limit Manager software, from Water Operations Department. While “Hatta Al Aflaj Water Tanks Project” team (17 employees) won the Special Act Awards because they have made great efforts & laid approximately 5.5 km long polythene line in a record time of 26 hrs.

The ceremony also inlcuded the rewarding of 12 employees who won the competition which coincided with  a the campaign  organized by DEWA to enhance the spirit of the national identity among its employees  under the title “From our Heritage”.

“DEWA’s recent achievements accord with the directives of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to promote Dubai’s pioneering position as a global hub for finance, business and tourism, and to enhance its infrastructure in all fields,” said HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA.

“Power production has now reached 34,606 Gigawatts per hour (GWh) with an increase of 2.6% in comparison with 33,742 GWh in 2010.”

“At DEWA, we focus on the availability, reliability and efficiency of our delivered electricity and water services. We review key performance indicators, compare them with best world practices, and work to improve and develop all operations to achieve excellence at all levels,” His Excellency further added.

HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA, concluded that increasing power and water production aims to meet customers’ needs and development projects in all various economic and social sectors of Dubai.