Dubai, UAE, 23 January 2017: HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Power and Water Authority (DEWA), ushered in ABB's new 315 kilowatt (kW) solar energy plant, one of the largest of its kind in the region. ABB is a leading Swiss power and automation innovation group. The plant lies in the ABB offices at the Al Quoz industrial area and will certainly produce electrical energy utilizing solar energy.

The inauguration was attended by Frank Duggan, President of Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA), and Member of the Group Executive Board, Gianandrea Bruzzone, Electrification Division Manager for the Middle East and Africa at ABB, Waleed Salman, Executive Vice President-Strategy & Business Advancement at DEWA, Dr Yousef Al Akraf, Executive Vice President -Business Support & Human Resources at DEWA, and various other team from ABB and DEWA.

The energy generated at the plant will supply ABB offices with electrical energy and transfer surplus energy into DEWA's network. This supports the Shams Dubai campaign, which was launched by DEWA and permits customers to mount solar panels on their rooftops to produce electrical energy from solar power, and link the systems to DEWA's grid, creating, generating and making use of energy.

"I delight in to be right here today to usher in the ABB 315-kilowatt (kW) solar project, as part of Shams Dubai effort, and I praise ABB on this essential achievement which shows our joint efforts to achieve the instructions of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to branch out power resources. The UAE currently leads global efforts in clean and renewable resource. DEWA is performing the objectives of UAE Energy Approach for 2050 introduced by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to raise the share of clean power in the total power mix to 50% by 2050. The power mix will include 44% from tidy power, 38% from gas, 12% from tidy coal and 6% from nuclear power by 2050. We contribute to the objectives of Dubai Clean Energy Technique 2050 to supply 7% of Dubai's complete power outcome from tidy energy by 2020, 25% by 2030, and 75% by 2050," said Al Tayer.

"Shams Dubai supports the Smart Dubai campaign, and aims to change Dubai into the most intelligent and happiesta city. And as of mid-January 2017, DEWA has actually linked an overall of 302 solar systems on building rooftops. To this day, 52 working as a consultant and contracting firms have been signed up, along with 311 engineers that have actually been licensed as registered electrical and solar photovoltaic or pv consultants and specialists. DEWA's training course includes scholastic and functional training aspects. DEWA has formally signed up 70 suppliers of solar photovoltaic or pv devices, and we introduced the largest solar installation project in the region, on the DP World structures' roofs of Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA) and Port Rashid with a capability of 22MW. The initial phase of the project will certainly be finished in 2017," included Al Tayer.

"I would like to congratulate you all once more on the achievements we have actually achieved thus far, which would not have been possible without your efforts," ended Al Tayer.

"ABB is thrilled to inaugurate a solar roof at our own facility in Al Quoz, Dubai. We anticipate collaborating with DEWA in order to help establish the solar industry in the Emirate and for our installment to be a showcase in the region, showing the advantages of eco-friendly modern technologies and their smooth assimilation right into the existing electrical grid. We additionally share DEWA's vision that Dubai will be a first-rate smart city and we securely think for this to happen, it also needs to be energy-efficient. We are sure that DEWA's excellent initiatives coupled with developments and innovations from business such as ABB will certainly make this passion a reality," said Duggan.