Council reviews Dubai Gas Strategy
Shaikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates airline and Group and Chairman of Dubai’s Supreme Council of Energy, chaired the council’s 18th board meeting on Monday at its new headquarters at Dubai Petroleum.
“Responding to the increasing energy demands placed on the Emirate of Dubai, the council is successfully managing the ongoing implementation of the Dubai Integrated Gas Strategy 2030, which falls within the wider framework of the Dubai Integrated Energy Strategy 2030,” said Saeed Mohammad Al Tayer, vice chairman of the council.
First phase
“The council discussed the implementation of the first phase of the Dubai Integrated Gas Strategy,” he added after the meeting.
Dubai Municipality, a member of the SCE, presented its ongoing energyefficiency drive, which has delivered notable electricity and water savings and a reduction in carbon emissions, and plans to utilise solar power to light public spaces and parks and also heat water. Dubai Municipality aims to cut its water and electricity consumption by 20 per cent in the next five years.The board also reviewed the council’s visit to Brazil in June, led by Al Tayer, to attend the Rio+20 Earth Summit as part of a UAE delegation chaired by Shaikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister of Foreign Trade.
The meeting also reviewed preparations for the World Energy Forum 2012, which will take place in Dubai between October 2224. The forum will be held in Dubai for the first time outside of its United Nations headquarters in New York, after the emirate beat off strong competition from a number of global cities.