HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Power, and MD & Chief Executive Officer of DEWA, has revealed that the Solar Decathlon Middle East will certainly be organised at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. The announcement was made at a press conference at the World Government Summit in Dubai, where DEWA is its sustainable partner. The meeting was participated in by HE Ahmed Buti Al Muhairibi, Secretary General of the Supreme Council, Waleed Salman, Executive Vice President of Method & Business Growth at DEWA, Marwan Bin Haider, Executive Vice President of Innovation and the Future at DEWA, Khawla Al Mehairi, Vice President of Advertising and Corporate Communications, officials from the Supreme Council and DEWA, and local and worldwide media.

" It is my pleasure to reveal the place of the Solar Decathlon Middle East, which is held for the very first time in the Middle East and Africa, while we go to the World Government Summit. DEWA is the lasting partner of this summit, which has come to be a key forum from the UAE to the world to anticipate and form the future," claimed Al Tayer.

" Dubai's hosting of the Solar Decathlon shows its realisation that sustainable advancement is key to achieving a balance in between advancement and sustainability. This balance will certainly assist safeguard the rights of future generations to stay in a clean, healthy and balanced, and risk-free atmosphere. This likewise mirrors Dubai's commitment to invest in innovation, which is just one of the major concerns of the UAE. Our sensible management, led by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, adopt innovation as an approach to discovering solutions to future challenges. This lasting vision has caused the UAE achieving first place in the Arab World in the Global Innovation Index 2016, which determined the efficiency of 128 nations and economies in innovation. The UAE was additionally rated very first regionally and 16th around the world worldwide Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report 2016," he included.

" Holding this competitors in Dubai highlights the initiatives of the Supreme Council of Power and DEWA to achieve the Dubai Clean Energy Method 2050 to increase the share of clean power in the energy mix, so clean power will produce 7% of Dubai's overall power outcome by 2020, 25% by 2030 and 75% by 2050. This additionally stresses DEWA's dedication to combine Dubai's status as a place that urges innovation, incubates imagination, and sustains the UAE National Innovation Strategy and the Dubai Innovation Method. DEWA has actually created an integrated approach to promote and apply innovative concepts and imaginative pointers, to promote study in energy, renewable resource, and water," continued Al Tayer.

" The Solar Decathlon is a unique chance for university trainees to get important experiences, apply the concepts they find out, and show their abilities and capabilities in innovation and design to achieve a lasting way of life. It is likewise a chance for the general public to watch the teams in action as they compete and challenge each various other. Since unlocking for registration in this competitors, it has attracted several university groups from around the world. An overall of 22 university teams from 16 nations have been shortlisted to the final stage of the Solar Decathlon. Certified teams will design, construct, and run sustainable, cost-and-energy effective versions of solar-powered residences, with a concentrate on securing the environment, and taking into account the climate conditions of the region," included Al Tayer.

Al Tayer kept in mind the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park was selected to hold the Solar Decathlon Middle East because it is one of the most crucial projects and key to developing the economic situation to support ecological sustainability and raise our supply of tidy power. The solar park is the biggest single-site solar energy project in the world, based upon the Independent Power Manufacturer design. It will give 25% of Dubai's total power output by 2030, creating 5,000 MW by 2030 and will help reduce 6.5 million tonnes of carbon discharges every year. A location of roughly 60,000 square metres has actually been assigned to the Solar Decathlon at the solar park.

" Holding 2 successive competitions of the Solar Decathlon Middle East with prize money of 10 million dirhams, will achieve the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who as soon as observed that, 'Every financial investment in the development of tidy power resources goes to the same time an investment to protect the atmosphere for future generations.'" Said Al Tayer.

" I thank the university groups who are taking part in the solar decathlon, and all the groups that sent their applications yet did not make it to the last. I am confident that the designs the teams will certainly present in November 2018 will be contributions for innovative models that can be applied in smart houses, to add to the preservation and sustainability of natural deposits, for generations to find," wrapped up Al Tayer.

The Solar Decathlon Middle East was created with an arrangement in between both the Dubai Supreme Council of Power and DEWA, and the United States Division of Energy. Dubai will certainly host 2 rounds of this recognized competitors. First in 2018 and after that in 2020 to coincide with World Exposition 2020 in Dubai, whose theme 'Attaching Minds, Creating the Future' fits well with this notable competitors.

The groups that have actually qualified to the last of the very first Solar Decathlon Middle East include the University of Sharjah, the American University in Dubai, Ajman University of Scientific research & Technology, the American University of Ras Al Khaimah, Heriot-Watt University Dubai, New york city University Abu Dhabi, and the Petroleum Institute from the UAE. It likewise consists of King Saud University from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar University from Qatar, Dhofar University in Oman, the University of Jordan from Jordan, Virginia Tech from the USA, the University of Bordeaux from France, Eindhoven University of Innovation in the Netherlands, the University of Wollongong in Australia, Gabriele D'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara and Sapienza University of Rome from Italy, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism from Romania, Islamic Scientific research University of Malaysia from Malaysia, National Chiao Tung University from Taiwan, National University of Sciences and Innovation in Pakistan, and the University of Belgrade of Serbia.

More information regarding the Solar Decathlon Middle East could be located on http://solardecathlonme.com/