HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), welcomed HE Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, at DEWA’s stand during the Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition (WETEX) 2025. The event took place from September 30 to October 2, 2025.
During the visit, Al Tayer discussed DEWA’s achievements in clean and renewable energy, water management, artificial intelligence applications, and environmental sustainability. He provided updates on the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. This solar park is currently the largest single-site facility of its kind in the world based on the independent power producer model. Its current production capacity stands at 3,860 megawatts (MW). Construction is underway on a seventh phase that will add another 2,000 MW of photovoltaic power along with 1,400 MW of battery storage for six hours. This expansion aims to increase the solar park’s total capacity to over 8,000 MW by 2030—surpassing the original target of 5,000 MW—and reduce annual carbon emissions by 8.5 million tonnes instead of the previously planned 6.5 million tonnes.
Al Tayer also highlighted several operational metrics where DEWA has achieved global benchmarks. These include reducing electricity customer minutes lost to just 0.94 minutes per year in Dubai. Transmission and distribution network losses have been cut to 2%, while water network losses have been reduced to 4.5%, both among the lowest rates worldwide.
Other initiatives discussed included DEWA’s smart meter network with about 2.4 million meters for electricity and water customers. The Distribution Network Smart Centre analyzes more than 15 million data points daily. The EV Green Charger initiative now features more than 1,500 charging stations across Dubai.
Dr. Al Zeyoudi was briefed on projects aimed at diversifying clean energy sources such as the Green Hydrogen Project—the first in the Middle East and North Africa region to produce hydrogen using solar power—and the Hatta pumped-storage hydroelectric plant with a storage capacity of 1,500 megawatt hours from a generating capacity of 250MW.
Additionally, information was shared about Al Shera’a—DEWA’s new headquarters—which will be the largest and tallest net-positive government building globally when completed. Details were also provided about the Hassyan Water Desalination Plant project that uses reverse osmosis technology and will have a production capacity of up to 180 million gallons per day. This plant marks DEWA’s first use of the independent water producer model and is expected to raise Dubai’s total desalination capacity to approximately 735 million gallons per day by 2030.
