Ministry of Energy launches Power-to-liquids Roadmap
The UAE is closely cooperating with regional and international partners, with the aim of achieving sustainability in the energy sector
Eng. Sharif Al Olama, Under-secretary of the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure for the Energy and Petroleum Sector, said that achieving the Principles of the 50 and the efforts to enhance the country’s overall stature, including in the energy sector, requires greater cooperation between government authorities and the private sector.
He made this statement during the launch of the Power-to-liquids Roadmap: Fuelling the Aviation Energy Transition in the United Arab Emirates, which was drated in cooperation between the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure and the World Economic Forum. The PTL roadmap shows the financial, economic and environmental benefits of PTL in decarbonizing the United Arab Emirates aviation industry.
The event was atended by Eng. Yousef Al Ali, Assistant Under-secretary for the Electricity, Water and Future Energy Sector, and several officials from national airlines and major companies operating in the sector.
Al Olama said the UAE has exerted significant efforts to launch distinguished projects and initiatives in the energy sector, most notably in clean energy, to support the UAE Net Zero by 2050 Strategic Initiative and in line with the Paris Climate Agreement.
The UAE is closely cooperating with regional and international partners, with the aim of achieving sustainability in the energy sector, he added.
This white paper, published by the Forum’s Clean Skies Tomorrow initiative, in collaboration with the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure and ICF International, sees
Power-to-liquids sustainable aviation fuel (PTL SAF) production is the most important technology for the United Arab Emirates to decarbonize aviation.
It says PTL offers a unique opportunity for the Emirates to leverage domestic resources, infrastructure and expertise to grow and decarbonize the economy.
The United Arab Emirates is in an excellent strategic position to build a globally leading PTL industry. The analysis demonstrates that it will be financially beneficial, environmentally necessary and practical to deploy PTL capacity to decarbonize the United Arab Emirates aviation industry.
The aviation sector is one of the United Arab
Emirates’ success stories and has a central place within the national and the regional economies, helping diversification, tourism and supporting job creation.
DEWA INCREASES PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF ENERGY AND WATER: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) provides electricity and water services to 3.514 million people living in Dubai according to the highest standards of reliability, availability, efficiency, and quality.
This number is expected to reach 5.8 million by 2040. DEWA’S capacity has reached 14,117 megawats (MW) of electricity and 490 million imperial gallons per day (MIGD) of desalinated water.
The authority keeps pace with the growing demand for energy and water in Dubai. It plays a key role in the Emirate’s efforts to increase the share of clean and renewable energy in line with Dubai’s Clean Energy Strategy 2050 and Dubai’s Net Zero Carbon Emissions Strategy 2050 which aims to provide 100% of Dubai’s energy production capacity from clean energy sources by 2050.
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA, said, “DEWA has outlined expansion plans for the energy and water infrastructure based on demand forecasts until 2031. We will continue to implement pioneering projects to diversify Dubai’s clean and renewable energy sources to include all available technologies in Dubai to achieve the wise leadership’s vision for a brighter and more sustainable future for generations to come.”
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, which DEWA is implementing, is the largest single-site solar park in the world using the Independent Power Producer (IPP) model, with a planned capacity of 5,000MW by 2030.
The current production capacity of the Solar Park has reached 1,627MW using PV panels. DEWA is implementing other projects at the Solar Park with a total of 1,233MW using PV and Concentrated Solar Power (CSP). Clean energy share in Dubai’s energy mix has reached 11.5% and is expected to reach 14% by the end of 2022.
DEWA’S Jebel Ali Power and Desalination Complex is one of the key pillars to providing Dubai with high-quality, efficient, reliable electricity and water services.