Several companies from different countries, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, the United States, Korea, Russia, China, Canada, Belgium, Germany, the UK, Italy, Holland, Singapore, Greece, Turkey, and India are participating in the event.
After opening the event, Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, accompanied by Matar Humaid Al-Tayer, chairman of DEWA, and Saeed Mohammed Al-Tayer, vice chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and MD and CEO of DEWA, toured the exhibition and viewed the displays and equipment being showcased by companies from 28 countries.
The number of companies and organizations participating in this year's exhibition reached 1,055 in comparison with 715 in last year's Exhibition.
"This year's Exhibition focuses on the environment by following up on the UAE's progress and continuous efforts to conserve resources and protect the environment. The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is one of our pioneering projects to generate electricity from solar energy, and will have a production capacity of 1,000 Megawatts.
This model of the park is on display at the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy booth, and forms the foundation and benchmark for our strategy to utilize clean and renewable energy, which plays an important role in our sustainable development.
The Dubai Supreme Council of Energy will present the Dubai Integrated Energy Strategy 2030, as new sources of energy will be provided and consequently shares of different sources of energy will be changed to 71 percent gas and the remaining 29 percent comprising nuclear energy, coal and renewable sources of energy. In this way, electricity from solar energy will constitute 5 percent of our electricity needs in 2030," Saeed Mohammed Al-Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA, said in a statement.
