HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), recently visited DEWA’s Research and Development (R&D) Centre at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. During his visit, he was briefed on the latest projects by the Centre’s officials. Al Tayer was accompanied by Waleed Bin Salman, Executive Vice President of Business Development and Excellence at DEWA, and other officials.
Dr. Ali Rashid Al Aleeli, Vice President of R&D, along with staff members, welcomed Al Tayer. He praised the efforts of the R&D Centre, which includes prominent Emirati researchers for developing advanced solutions in various fields. Al Tayer reviewed several innovative research projects and key accomplishments of the R&D Centre. These projects include the ‘Building Demand Analysis for Customer Energy Consumption,’ OmniHub, DEWA’s space programme (Space-D), Solar Forecasting, and the Tatweer initiative.
The staff highlighted the ‘Building Demand Analysis for Customer Energy Consumption’ project, which supports energy sector planners. This project provides a decision support tool that integrates big data on energy demand management, weather variables, and building characteristics. It also includes short-term forecasting of energy consumption in buildings.
Al Tayer also learned about OmniHub, an innovative IoT terminal designed by DEWA’s R&D Centre. OmniHub supports multiple communication protocols and is part of DEWA’s digital IoT platform, hosted by MORO Hub. This platform enables remote device management and data visualization, enhancing DEWA’s operations.
The Space-D programme was another focus of the visit. DEWA has successfully launched two nanosatellites, DEWASAT-1 and DEWASAT-2, making it the first utility worldwide to do so. These nanosatellites help monitor the electricity and water network from space.
Al Tayer was also briefed on DEWA’s solar energy forecasting platform, which improves the accuracy of solar irradiance and electricity production forecasts. This platform uses advanced AI tools and data from sky cameras, radiometers, and satellite images.
They also discussed the Tatweer initiative which focuses on improving processes in water desalination plants. Additionally, Al Tayer reviewed a project on mobile harmonic filters to address harmonic problems in the power system.
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