An agreement between Dubai Municipality and Dubai Electricity to generate electricity from biogases extracted from waste

In conjunction with the country hosting the activities of the Conference of the Parties (COP28), the largest climate conference of its kind in the world, Dubai Municipality and Dubai Electricity and Water Authority signed an agreement for a project to generate electrical energy from biogases extracted from the waste landfill in the Muhaisnah 5 area, in a way that enhances Dubai’s pioneering sustainability practices and accelerates the achievement of… Objectives of the UAE’s climate neutrality strategic initiative by 2050.

The agreement was signed by His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, and His Excellency Engineer Daoud Al Hajri, Director General of Dubai Municipality, in the DEWA pavilion at the COP28 Conference of the Parties in the Green Zone in Expo City Dubai.

His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, said: “In line with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God protect him, to promote the process of sustainable development and increase reliance on energy sources.” Clean and renewable, and in furtherance of the goals of the Conference of the Parties (COP28), the largest climate conference of its kind in the world, we are working to achieve the goals of the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 and the Carbon Neutrality Strategy 2050 for the Emirate of Dubai to provide 100% of the energy production capacity from clean energy sources by the year 2050. We also contribute In supporting the implementation of the Integrated Waste Management Strategy Roadmap 2021-2041, which aims to encourage innovation in managing, recycling and converting waste into energy, we seek to implement pioneering long-term clean projects over the next twenty years by providing practical solutions to environmental challenges in line with specific environmental goals. on the government agenda.

Dubai is at the forefront of sustainable cities of the future

In turn, His Excellency Dawoud Al Hajri, Director General of Dubai Municipality, stressed that the partnerships, agreements and understandings concluded by Dubai Municipality are in line with Dubai’s aspirations to be a global leader in the field of sustainable cities and urban communities with comprehensive future climate readiness.

His Excellency said: “In conjunction with the country’s hosting of the most important annual climate event, the Conference of the Parties (COP28), and its focus on the importance of partnerships in enhancing climate action, the signing of this agreement with Dubai Electricity and Water Authority comes to enhance the capabilities of Dubai and the UAE in the field of clean energy and the circular and green economy. It falls within the framework of our plans aimed at developing innovative solutions for waste management, enhancing recycling and treatment rates, and reducing the environmental impacts resulting from it. The project will contribute to reducing approximately 300 thousand tons of carbon emissions annually, and we are confident that the qualitative results that the joint project between Dubai Municipality and Dubai Electricity and Water Authority will achieve “To generate electrical energy from biogas will consolidate Dubai’s position as a preferred global destination for living, working, and quality of life, and will accelerate the country’s achievement of the goals of the Strategic Initiative for Climate Neutrality 2050.”

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The signing of the agreement comes within a series of initiatives undertaken by Dubai Municipality on the sidelines of its participation in the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) as a strategic partner for the track in the conference, which invited more than 1,000 municipalities and cities to attend, presenting to its global audience the pioneering model of Dubai and the UAE as a role model for planning, designing and building sustainable urban communities of the future.