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Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has announced that the emirate's energy demand for the first six months rose by 6.3% hitting 23,096 GWh, compared to 21,729 GWh last year.
The increase in energy demand in Dubai reflects the economic recovery and the return of key activities.
The emirate has proactively benefited from the Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies and implemented robust precautionary measures to ensure business continuity.
This vision has contributed to Dubai presenting a global role model in readiness to deal with different challenges and turn them into promising opportunities, said its top official.
"We continue to raise the production capacity of electricity and water according to the highest standards of availability, reliability, efficiency and quality, thanks to a sound governance system across all Dewa’s operations," remarked Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dewa.
"This is to ensure that we keep pace with the growing demand for electricity and water as well as future needs of customers, developers and businesses while providing a convenient margin," he stated.
According to him, Dewa’s capacity has reached 14,117MW of electricity and 490 million imperial gallons per day (MIGD) of desalinated water.
It provides electricity and water services to 3.514 million people living in Dubai and the emirate’s active daytime population of over 4.7 million. These numbers are expected to grow to 5.8 million and 7.8 million, respectively by 2040, he added.-TradeArabia News Service