Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) | DEWA organises Shams Dubai consultation workshop for stakeholders in cooperation with Dubai Carbon

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), organised a consultation workshop on installing photovoltaic panels as part of the Shams Dubai project in cooperation with the Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence (Dubai Carbon). The workshop was part of efforts to achieve the Dubai Plan 2021 to transform Dubai into a sustainable city with environmental elements that are clean and healthy, as per the requirements of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNCCC).

The workshop was held at Raffles Hotel, Dubai, and focuses on stages 1 and 2 of installing photovoltaic (PV) panels on the rooftops of Dubai Ports World, and the building of a 31 megawatt solar power plant, as per the UNCCC gold standard.  In adherence with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minster of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to reduce carbon emissions and develop a green economy, and to support the long-term national ‘A Green Economy for Sustainable Development’ initiative, DEWA takes priority in reducing carbon emissions, as a main element of its strategy. 

“DEWA adopts the best international practices across all operations to reduce carbon emissions. The consultation workshop was held as part of DEWA’s efforts to establish framework and develop operations to reduce carbon emissions as part of daily activities, while consolidating partnerships between the public and private sectors,” said HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA.

“DEWA is committed to supporting and implementing the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050, to transform the UAE into the city with the lowest carbon footprint on Earth. DEWA also supports global efforts to limit the effects of global warming. In June 2016, the UNCCC announced the launch of the UAE Solar Power Programme by DEWA, in collaboration with Dubai Carbon, to enhance the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in all ongoing solar projects. The UAE Solar Power Programme is a leading initiative aimed to support global efforts towards achieving a green economy and sustainable development. This programme will allow all solar energy projects, including stakeholders in the Shams Dubai initiative, to register under the umbrella of the programme, and apply for carbon credits, which are equivalent to the amount of carbon dioxide emissions reduced, as a result of their projects,” added Al Tayer.

DEWA received an emission reduction certification from the UNCCC in December 2016, as a result of DEWA’s reduction of carbon emissions during Earth Hour 2016, in cooperation with Dubai Carbon, based on the UNCCC’s Kyoto Protocol. DEWA also received a certificate as a result of the 13MW first phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, complementing the large reduction of carbon emissions achieved by Earth Hour 2016.