Dubai Electrical energy and Water Authority (DEWA) is exploring alternatives to collaborate with the UK Area Company in house know-how to boost the effectivity, reliability and sustainability of its utility providers.
This was a part of the discussions between Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, and Chris White-Horne, Deputy CEO & Chief Supply Officer on the UK Area Company, who met on the sidelines of the Dubai Airshow at Dubai World Central.
DEWA makes use of its pioneering Area-D programme, which leverages nanosatellites and superior house applied sciences to enhance the planning, operation and upkeep of electrical energy and water networks. DEWA is the world’s first utility to harness nanosatellites to optimise its networks.
Al Tayer highlighted the achievements of the Area-D programme, which was launched in January 2021 by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
Al Tayer commented: “At DEWA, we’re dedicated to leveraging cutting-edge applied sciences to help the UAE’s imaginative and prescient and improve our world competitiveness. Our Area-D programme is a testomony to this dedication, and we’re desperate to discover collaborative alternatives with the UK.
“Such worldwide partnerships in house know-how can speed up innovation, enhance the sustainability of our utilities, and contribute to a brighter future for all.”
Chris White-Horne added: “The UK is devoted to fostering worldwide collaboration within the rising house sector. DEWA’s groundbreaking work in making use of house know-how to utility administration is extremely spectacular. We see vital potential for data sharing and joint innovation that may not solely profit our two international locations but additionally set a brand new world customary for the way house know-how can improve important providers on Earth.”
Area-D programme’s sturdy infrastructure contains DEWA SAT-1 nanosatellite, launched in January 2022, which assessments direct-to-satellite long-range (LoRa) communication from custom-designed IoT terminals to allow substation situation monitoring, climate station integration, and water transmission line surveillance in areas with restricted connectivity.
It’s complemented by the DEWA SAT-2, launched in April 2023, which offers high-resolution imagery and greenhouse fuel measurements for purposes akin to monitoring seawater temperature and salinity close to desalination crops, detecting oil spills, fog estimation, and monitoring the progress of recent asset building.
The orbital community is supported by a devoted floor station on the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Photo voltaic Park and a system of IoT terminals that facilitate communication and use thermal imaging to observe the well being of high-voltage transmission strains, substations, and solar energy stations.
The assembly was attended by Marwan Bin Haidar, Government Vice President of Innovation and the Future, and Dr Yousef Al Akraf, Government Vice President of Enterprise Assist and Human Sources.
