DEWA achieves another global record

Dubai has set another new global record in performance indicators in the energy sector.

According to figures released by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), they recorded 1.86 minutes, in Dubai, compared to around 15 minutes recorded by leading electricity companies in the European Union.

This is a new addition to DEWA’s record of international achievements in electricity and water services.

Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, said DEWA has the latest technologies for energy production, transmission, and distribution, and that they are building an integrated smart grid, which is key to developing an advanced infrastructure to support Dubai's efforts to become a smart and happy city.

The smart grid strategy contains 10 programmes to be completed over the short, medium and long-term by 2035. 

These include Advanced Metering Infrastructure for Electricity, Advanced Metering Infrastructure for Water, Asset Management, Distribution Automation, Information Technology Infrastructure, Transmission Automation, System Integration, Telecommunications, Big Data and Analytics, and Security.

DEWA’s results surpass major European and American utilities in several indicators. 

In 2018, losses from electricity transmission and distribution networks were 3.3% compared to 6-7% in Europe and the USA. 

Water network losses were also reduced to 6.5% compared to around 15% in North America.

The UAE, represented by DEWA, ranked first for the third consecutive year in Getting Electricity, as per the World Bank’s Doing Business 2020 report. 

The report measures the ease of doing business in 190 economies around the world and it saw DEWA achieve 100% in all of the Getting Electricity indicators, including procedures required to obtain an electricity connection; the time needed to complete each procedure; costs associated with each criterion; and reliability and transparency of tariffs.