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DEWA CEO Honored For Commitment To Clean Energy | |
| Sumita Pawar |
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has been awarded the Hydrogen Project of the Year 2023 for its green hydrogen project at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.
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The award was part of the Hydrogen Future Awards 2023, organised during the ‘Connecting Green Hydrogen MENA’ (CGHM2023) conference in Dubai.
DEWA’s Sustainability Initiative
DEWA was also recognised for its commitment to sustainability, winning the World Energy Transition Leader 2023 award.
The green hydrogen project is the first of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa region to produce green hydrogen using solar energy.
The station was designed and built to accommodate future applications and test platforms for various uses of hydrogen, including energy production, transportation, and industrial uses.
The project supports the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 and the Dubai Net Zero Carbon Emissions Strategy 2050 to provide 100% of Dubai’s total power production capacity from clean energy sources by 2050.
It also supports the Dubai Green Mobility Strategy 2030 to encourage the use of sustainable transportation, as well as the UAE’s Hydrogen Vehicles System, which aims to develop the hydrogen economy in the UAE and open up local markets to hydrogen vehicles.
DEWA’s green hydrogen efforts are aligned with Dubai’s firm commitment to sustainability and its unwavering support for energy and combating climate change. It also supports DEWA’s vision to become a globally leading, sustainable, innovative corporation committed to achieving net zero by 2050.
The CGHM2023 was an opportunity to highlight DEWA’s achievements in the transition towards renewable and clean energy, in addition to its pioneering green hydrogen project.