Dewa highlights sustainability, innovation at exhibition

Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), highlighted the utility’s efforts to enhance its leadership in the areas of sustainability, innovation and future shaping in all its projects and initiatives to achieve the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 and the Dubai Net Zero Carbon Emissions Strategy 2050 to provide 100 per cent of Dubai’s total power production capacity from clean energy sources by 2050.

Al Tayer made his remarks as he inaugurated the exhibition that Dewa is organising at its headquarters in conjunction with the “UAE Innovates 2023”. Dewa is showcasing its most prominent innovative programmes that use the Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies to promote its digital transformation process. Dewa also shed light on its initiatives that encourage employees and customers to participate in achieving sustainable development and protecting natural resources. Al Tayer was accompanied by Marwan Bin Haidar, Executive Vice President - Innovation & the Future at Dewa, Waleed Bin Salman, Executive Vice President - Business Development and Excellence at Dewa, Dr. Yousef Al Akraf, Executive Vice President - Business Support and Human Resources at Dewa, Khawla Al Mehairi, EVP - Strategy & Government Communications at Dewa, and a number of Dewa’s officials.

“The UAE Innovates is an annual occasion to highlight the excellence and accomplishments that we have achieved, thanks to the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and our relentless efforts to achieve the vision of His Highness to make innovation a work culture and lifestyle. Year after year, Dewa strengthens its leading position in the world as one of the most innovative utilities, which confirms that we are on the right track to make Dubai the smartest and happiest city in the world and a global model for quality of life and services. Dewa has always been proactive in providing innovative services and programmes that aid Dubai’s progress into leading the future by reshaping the traditional work mechanisms to suit the rapid global changes. Dewa is the first utility globally and the first UAE government entity to enrich its services with ChatGPT technology supported by Microsoft. It is also the first local government organisation to launch its platform on the metaverse,” added Al Tayer.