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TAQA, ENGIE and EWEC close $620m financing for desalination plant

Kudakwashe Muzoriwa — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 05:48:20 +0000

The plant will desalinate seawater using low-carbon intensive reverse osmosis technology to produce water sufficient to meet the demand of up to 210,000 households

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UAE’s Tabreed invests Dhs44m in TATA Realty’s Intellion Park

Kudakwashe Muzoriwa — Tue, 30 May 2023 08:32:00 +0000

The Dubai-listed firm will acquire the existing cooling infrastructure at the Intellion Park development, which covers a total area of 3.5 million square feet

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DEWA commissions 60 MIG Lusaily water reservoir

Kudakwashe Muzoriwa — Mon, 29 May 2023 12:10:31 +0000

The utility firm is currently working on three other reservoir projects in Nakhali, Hassyan and Hatta in addition to the newly commissioned reservoir

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EWEC’s Taweelah Reverse Osmosis facility surpasses 90 per cent capacity

Marisha Singh — Thu, 25 May 2023 11:08:24 +0000

The facility is currently producing 183 MIGD of desalinated water making Taweelah the world’s largest operating reverse osmosis facility

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Dubai utility giant DEWA approves $1.3bn dividend

Kudakwashe Muzoriwa — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 22:26:28 +0000

The company’s shareholders approved the payment of H2 2022 dividend of Dhs3.1bn and a one-time special dividend of Dhs1.67bn

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Smart electricity and water meters in Dubai rise tenfold in seven years

Neesha Salian — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 12:00:02 +0000

According to DEWA, the number of smart meters has increased from 200,000 in the first phase which was completed in January 2016 to 2.1 million meters currently

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Dubai’s DEWA launches platform in the metaverse

Neesha Salian — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 18:29:09 +0000

DEWA has been investing in metaverse technology to implement and develop current and future projects

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DEWA reduces average maintenance costs by Dhs22m annually

Neesha Salian — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 04:30:51 +0000

DEWA has raised the capacity, efficiency and reliability of the electricity transmission network by implementing preventive maintenance and using SCADA system, telecommunications and tele-control systems

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How DEWA is using AI to boost operational efficiency

Neesha Salian — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 04:30:14 +0000

DEWA is using ‘iService’, which utilises metre diagnostics data to detect service interruptions and initiate rectification procedures automatically, among other tech solutions

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Dubai’s energy demand rises by 6.3% in H1 2022: DEWA

Neesha Salian — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 04:00:40 +0000

Demand for energy in the first half of 2022 reached 23,096 GWh compared to 21,729 GWh in the first half of 2021

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