Dewa briefs Aramco delegation

dubai — Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), welcomed a high-level delegation from Saudi Aramco.

The delegation included Khalid Al Salouli, Aramco director and head of the Energy Industrial City; Nabil Chaachou, Aramco Energy Industrial City project manager; Jaap Kalkman, partner at Arthur D. Little and global head of its energy and utilities practice, and Lukas Vylupek, principal at Arthur D. Little responsible for the Energy Industrial City project.

The meeting was attended by Waleed Salman, executive vicepresident of business development and excellence; Rashid bin Humaidan, executive vice-president of distribution power; Khawla Al Mehairi, executive vice-president of strategy and government communications, and Marwan Al Sabbagh, vice-president of projects and connection services.

The meeting heightened cooperation between the two organisations, with Saudi Aramco able to review world-class practices and expertise at Dewa, including benchmarking and key performance indicators.

Al Tayer welcomed the visiting delegation, explaining the importance of continued cooperation between the two organisations in electricity and water.

“We are securing our supply by diversifying the energy mix to include clean energy to provide seven per cent of Dubai’s total power output from clean energy by 2020, 25 per cent by 2030 and 75 per cent by 2050. Dewa has launched several projects and initiatives to achieve this objective, such as the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, the largest single-site solar park in the world based on the IPP model. It will generate 5,000MW by 2030,” said Al Tayer.