HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), recently received a delegation from Itron, a United States smart meter company, at DEWA's headquarters.The delegation included Simon Pontin, Vice President as well as Chief Technology Officer, Norbet Rickert, Senior Director of Smart Grid EMEA, Hussain Rizvi, Regional Director, Smart Grid Solutions Middle East and also Turkey. DEWA's Abdullah Obaidullah, Executive Vice President of Water & Civil, Rashid Bin Humaidan, Executive Vice President of Distribution Power, Waleed Salman, Executive Vice President of Strategy & Business Development, and Moza Al Akraf, CIO of DEWA, also participated in the conference.

The conference supported the Smart Applications effort for wise meters and grids, one of three smart campaigns announced by DEWA, in addition to Shams Dubai to encourage family and building proprietors to mount photovoltaic or pv panels on rooftops to generate solar power, and also Green Charger to build the infrastructure and demanding terminals for electrical automobiles in the Emirate.

The celebrations discussed mutual passions in electrical power, water wise grids, the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and also relevant installment plans within SAP to determine, integrate and also automate all DEWA's procedures to supply high-quality services for its consumers, employees and also companions.

Within the very first phase, DEWA is presently setting up 200,000 smart meters. DEWA strategies to install over one million smart meters by 2020 across Dubai, and also change all mechanical as well as electromechanical meters during the next couple of years. The wise meters project goes well with the wise grid project by DEWA to execute a variety of technical features in electrical energy networks - by utilizing the latest SCADA systems, smart tracking and also control automation systems to provide electricity and water solutions to the greatest requirements of accessibility, effectiveness as well as reliability.
The advantages of clever meters consist of giving automatic and thorough readings for consumers to check real consumption for a particular period of time to a lot better comprehend and manage their bills. Furthermore, wise meters will support sustainable sources of power in residential, commercial, as well as commercial sectors by comparing materials from intake and also generation sides.
At the end of their browse through, the visitor delegation thanked Al Tayer for his friendliness and also for allowing them to take a closer look at DEWA's present projects.