Dewa opens ABB’s 315kW solar plant

dubai — Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) on Monday said its managing director anf chief executive Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer inaugurated ABB’s new 315 kilowatt (kW) solar power plant, one of the largest of its kind in the region.

ABB is a leading Swiss power and automation technology group. The plant is located in the ABB offices at the Al Quoz industrial area and will produce electricity using solar energy. The energy produced at the plant will supply ABB offices with electricity and transfer surplus energy into Dewa’s network.

“The UAE now leads global efforts in clean and renewable energy. Dewa is carrying out the objectives of UAE Energy Strategy for 2050 launched by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to increase the share of clean energy in the total energy mix to 50 per cent by 2050,” Al Tayer said.

He said the energy mix will include 44 per cent from clean energy, 38 per cent from gas, 12 per cent from clean coal and six per cent from nuclear power by 2050.

Frank Duggan, president of Asia, Middle East and Africa (Amea), and member of the group executive committee; Gianandrea Bruzzone, electrification division manager for the Middle East and Africa at ABB; Waleed Salman, executive vice-president strategy & business development at Dewa; Dr Yousef Al Akraf, executive vice-president -business support & HR at Dewa, and other staff from ABB and Dewa attended the ceremony.

— business@khaleejtimes.com