Saudi Arabia will take part in Water, Energy and Environment Exhibition (WETEX) that will be running in Dubai from April 15 to 17.

Saeed Mohammed Al-Tayer, vice chairman of the Supreme Council of Energy and managing director and CEO of DEWA, said in a press conference that the display area of the show had increased by 22 percent to cover 40,000 square meters.

Al-Tayer said the exhibition has attracted strong regional, Arab and international participation from 32 countries where companies and organizations will display a wide range of water, electricity, energy, environment and oil and gas equipment and solutions.

In addition to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon, US, Canada, Brazil, Uruguay, Anguilla, France, Netherland, Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, Finland, Austria, Belgium, Malta, UK, Russia, Malaysia, Turkey, China, Taiwan, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Japan and Iran are also going to participate.

“The show will discuss the latest solutions pertaining to green buildings in light of its responsibility to disseminate these technologies that conserve the consumption of energy and preserve natural resources,” Al-Tayer added.

“WETEX will be held concurrently with the Dubai Global Energy Forum (DGEF 2013), sending a clear message that the UAE in general and Dubai in particular put energy and environment topics on top of their agenda,” he added.

The conference will also discuss international environment issues including climate change as part of its role as a leading show in electricity, water, energy, environment and oil and gas.

The event puts preserving natural resources at the top of its agenda to attain environment sustainability, which won’t happen without the collaborative efforts of the entire community to conserve energy consumption, thus benefiting future generations from these practices.

The show will also feature in its current edition latest technologies in renewable energy in light with the drive of the Gulf countries to adopt these practices to provide electricity with the least possible consumption of natural resources.

Entrance to the show is free to enable as many people as possible to benefit from the exhibition specially by visiting SmarTech, which is being held under the theme of ‘Think Green.