Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) won two awards at the Asian Smart Cities Awards 2015 on 10 November. The award ceremony held under the theme ‘Asian Sustainability Pioneers’ was organised by the Asian Leadership Summit, and held at Taj Dubai Hotel in Burj Khalifa.
DEWA won in two categories, ‘Smart Utilities Initiative’ and ‘Smart Technology for Smart City’.
H.E. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA, said that the smart grid initiative is a key step in the implementation of the Distributed Renewable Resources Generation (DRRG) programme to reduce demand and achieve energy efficiency and operational improvement.
Waleed Salman, EVP of strategy and business development at DEWA explained: “The smart grid strategy contains nine programmes that will be completed over the short, medium and long-term, between 2014 and 2035. These programmes include Advanced Metering Infrastructure, Asset Management, Demand Side Management & Demand Response, Distribution Automation, Information Technology Infrastructure, Systems Integration, Telecommunications, and Big Data and Analytics.”