DEWA inaugurates ABB’s 315kW solar power plant

HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), inaugurated ABB’s new 315 kilowatt (kW) solar power plant.

ABB is a leading Swiss power and automation technology group. The plant is located in the ABB offices at the Al Quoz industrial area and will produce electricity using solar energy.

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

The energy produced at the plant will supply ABB offices with electricity and transfer surplus energy into DEWA’s network. This supports the Shams Dubai initiative, which was launched by DEWA and allows customers to install photovoltaic panels on their rooftops to generate electricity from solar power, and connect the systems to DEWA’s grid, creating, producing and using energy.

Source: DEWA