DUBAI: Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Chairman of the Dubai Future Council on Energy, chaired its fifth meeting at Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA, headquarters.
It is one of Dubai Future Councils that were launched under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and enacted by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Dubai Future Foundation, DFF. Anticipating the future, and shaping the future of Dubai’s key sectors over the next 50 years, Dubai Future Councils were launched dedicated to keeping abreast of global trends.
Global challenges facing the energy sector mainly climate change with world increase in water scarcity, and security of energy supply with increased utilization of disruptive technologies and the threat of cyber-attacks were highlighted by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer. He also tackled the impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the increasing importance of localizing materials and supply chains due to fluctuations in production and investment in global markets, digitalization, and emerging technologies in the energy and other sectors.
Al Tayer said that Dubai’s main energy direction is in line with the directives of the wise leadership to expand clean energy projects, rely on the 4th industrial revolution and digitization, achieving globally leading levels of infrastructure according to the highest levels of reliability, efficiency, and availability, and achieving leading results in the Dubai Carbon Abatement Strategy. He also said that investments are being accelerated in Disruptive Technologies, advanced R&D, smart grids, energy storage, IoT, AI, energy efficiency, cybersecurity, robotics, and building national capacities.
Dubai Future Foundation supervises Dubai Future Councils, which include an elite of experts and specialists in exploring the future, and leaders from the public and private sectors both locally and globally. It focuses on promoting knowledge and expertise sharing to find efficient solutions to different challenges and launching national initiatives and strategies to explore existing and future opportunities.
Source: WAM
