Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has joined the International Energy Agency's (IEA) Clean Coal Centre as a sponsor. DEWA will have access to the centre’s expertise, which includes consultancy services, study reports, analysis, workshops, conferences and databases.

Every year, the centre publishes around 15 reports covering various aspects of clean coal technologies and related policies and guidelines. The IEA clean coal centre will also help develop and internationally-promote DEWA’s clean coal power plant at Hassyan.

"DEWA’s clean coal power plant at Hassyan reflects our commitment to achieve the vision of Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, to diversify the energy mix. It also reflects DEWA’s commitment to its goals of energy diversification and sustainability of resources, and achieving the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050, which focuses on producing electricity from clean coal from Dubai's energy mix. We are glad to join the IEA clean coal centre to exchange expertise and benefit from the significant services the centre offers. This will help us achieve our vision to become a sustainable innovative world-class utility. In addition, the centre will also play a significant role in the move to increase awareness about DEWA’s clean coal plant as the first of its kind in the region," said Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA.

"DEWA strives to achieve the fifth pillar of the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 to create an environmentally-friendly energy mix with the total power output of Dubai coming from solar energy, which will generate 25 per cent, 7 per cent from nuclear power, 7 per cent from clean coal, and 61 per cent from gas by 2030. The mix will gradually increase the employment of clean energy sources to 75 per cent by 2050," added Al Tayer.

Professor Jurgen-Friedrich Hake, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the IEA clean coal centre, expressed his happiness with DEWA joining the IEA as a sponsor by saying, "It is my honour as Chairman of the IEA CCC’s Executive Committee to welcome DEWA as a new member. We look forward to sharing our expertise with DEWA and helping them to achieve clean coal power".

Jamal Shaheen Al Hammadi, Vice President of Special Projects at DEWA, received the acceptance letter from Professor Hake during the 64th Meeting of the Executive Committee held at the IEA’s headquarters in Paris, France. The meeting was attended by 30 delegates representing the 9 member countries and 7 sponsoring organisations.

Source :WAM