DEWA wins Global Excellence Assembly awards 2022
DUBAI: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has been crowned with the Global Excellence Assembly awards 2022, based in the USA, in the “Organisational Achievements” category.
This is in recognition of DEWA’S global achievements in total quality and excellence. DEWA is the only entity worldwide to win this category in the second round of the award this year, surpassing 988 entities from 16 countries DEWA scored 94% in the evaluation conducted by the International Council of Excellence according to the Baldrige model.
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA, was pleased with this global achievement, which adds to DEWA’S record of worldleading awards and achievements, making it one of the best and most efficient utilities in the world. Al Tayer said that DEWA’S surpassing other prominent global entities underlines its position as one of the most distinguished utilities in the world.
Waleed Bin Salman, Executive Vice President of Business Development and Excellence at DEWA, emphasised that DEWA spares no effort to achieve excellence in all fields and levels. DEWA won 23 prestigious regional and international awards from the beginning of the year until the end of November 2022, bringing the total awards from 2015 until the end of November 2022 to 407 awards (68 local, 69 regional, and 270 international).
CLEAN ENERGY: Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), recently announced that the production capacity of clean energy in Dubai has reached 2,027 megawats (MW) using photovoltaic solar power (PV) and concentrated solar power (CSP). This is about 14 percent of Dubai’s total power production capacity of 14,517 MW.
He made the announcement during his visit to the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, which DEWA is implementing. This is the largest single-site solar park in the world using the Independent Power Producer (IPP) model. It will have a production capacity of 5,000 MW by 2030, using photovoltaic solar panels and CSP technologies.
Al Tayer inspected work progress in the 4th phase of the park, where 417MW have been connected to DEWA’S grid. This includes 217MW from photovoltaic solar panels, and 200MW from CSP using parabolic basins. The 4th phase of the solar park is 92 percent complete. Al Tayer met with DEWA’S Emirati employees who are trained on clean energy projects of the 4th phase of the solar park. This phase is being implemented by Noor Energy 1. DEWA owns 51 percent of the company while ACWA Power holds 25 percent, and the Silk Road Fund owns 24 percent.
Al Tayer also inspected the 5th phase of the solar park where DEWA has connected 600MW to its grid. The 5th phase has a total capacity of 900MW and investments of Dhs2.058 billion. The 300MW third project of the 5th phase is 52.9 percent complete and will be commissioned in 2023. It uses the latest solar photovoltaic bifacial technologies with Single Axis Tracking to increase energy production. It will provide clean energy for more than 270,000 residences in Dubai and reduce 1.18 million tonnes of carbon emissions annually.