Abu Dhabi, UAE, 17 January, 2017: Dubai Electrical power and Water Authority (DEWA) has authorized a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the French electrical energy company (lectricit de France) to boost further cooperation and help with trading of competence in areas of shared interest. The MoU with lectricit de France (EDF) sustains DEWA's initiatives to build calculated partnerships that utilize regional and worldwide capabilities to own lasting development, take on environment change, and boost power efficiency. The MoU was signed at DEWA's stand at the World Future Power Summit 2017 (WFES).

The MoU was authorized by HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & Chief Executive Officer of DEWA, and Antoine Cahuzac, Senior Executive Vice President of Renewable Energies at EDF, and was experienced by HE Michel Miraillet, Ambassador of France to the UAE.

Inning accordance with the MoU, DEWA and EDF will certainly interact in R & d (R&D) in energy system integration, power storage space, renewable resource, dispersed power resources, demand reaction, power resilience, calamity recuperation, electric vehicle billing terminals, and lab facilities development.

"At DEWA, we work to attain the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to achieve the sustainable development of Dubai, while securing natural deposits to make certain a brighter future for generations to come. We do this by advertising the change to renewable resource to support the Dubai Clean Energy Approach 2050 to branch out Dubai's energy mix, enhancing tidy energy to 7% by 2020, 25% by 2030, and 75% by 2050. This will add to tackling the ecological challenges that the world is encountering by establishing a sustainable design for power preservation that can be exported to the entire world, while supporting economic growth without harming the atmosphere or natural deposits," claimed Al Tayer.

"Establishing a strategic partnership with a leading organisation such as EDF, which has a tested performance history of achievements in electrical power and R&D, sustains DEWA's commitment to embracing the latest technical technologies and benefiting from global ideal practices. We make every effort to enhance collaboration in R&D, and exchange knowledge in locations of shared passion. This will certainly add to innovating analytical approaches, and enhancing devices to develop innovative services to boost power performance and more promote renewable energy use. This then, will certainly add to attaining the lasting growth and the safeguard natural deposits for generations ahead," included Al Tayer.

"EDF is very happy to be together with DEWA and sustain the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, focusing on major R&D topics, promoting smart grid development, and renewable energies combination. This is key for the reduced carbon future of Dubai. We are encouraged that this Memorandum of Recognizing signature is the primary step in the direction of a lasting and substantial cooperation in between EDF and DEWA" stated Cahuzac.