Dubai Setup Sights At Scoring14% Of Its Energy From Renewables By The End Of 2022

• Dubai intends to create 25% of its power from renewable sources by 2030 as well as take it to 100% by 2050.
• The city included 700 MW of renewable energy just recently, taking its total RE capacity to 1.62 GW.

Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director as well as Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Electricity and also Water Authority (DEWA), has actually said that Dubai will certainly enhance the share of renewable energy in the energy mix of the city to 14% by the end of this year (2022 ). He claimed that the new target is focused on enhancing the sustainability initiatives of the state.

The Managing Director of DEWA held that currently, the renewables account for simply 11.5 percent in Dubai's energy mix. He stated, "We will continue to implement introducing projects to expand Dubai's clean and renewable energy resources to include all available modern technologies in Dubai ... for a brighter and even more sustainable future for generations to come."

Dubai desires create 25% of its power from eco-friendly resources by 2030. The city has actually committed to boosting it to 100% by 2050. Presently the total energy capacity of Dubai stands at over 14GW. Its Renewable energy capacity is 1.62 GW.

Dubai is favorable about the renewable energy in its energy mix as it just recently included 700MW of RE. This involves a 600 MW Hassyan Power Complex that runs on natural gas.

Additionally, a 100 MW solar power project was ushered in at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. According to reports, an added 600 MW will be commissioned by 2023, which will take the total RE capacity of Dubai to 2.4 GW.

The UAE Sets Sights On Solar Energy

The UAE was the initial MENA nation to promise to get to web no emissions by 2050. Today, oil and gas exports account for only about 30 percent of the nation's economic activity, nonetheless, the UAE has three of the world's largest solar plants with others in the works.

The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is based in Dubai and is the largest solar park in the Middle East spread over 4,000 acres. It is making every effort to produce sufficient solar energy to power 800,000 homes by 2030.

At the same time, Noor Abu Dhabi Solar Park will certainly reduce the UAE's carbon impact by 1 million statistics lots per year, which is equivalent to taking 200,000 automobiles off the roadway.