(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM)) As part of its continuing strategy to implement Dubai's Smart City initiative, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA, has said that it consistently works to increase the efficiency and capacity of the infrastructure for the production, transmission and distribution of energy and water to meet the growing demand from costumers, developers and businesses.
With the on-going preparations for Expo 2020 Dubai, DEWA has robust plans to raise the productivity and further enhance electricity and water transmission and distribution networks for the next 10 years. These plans are updated every year according to the data and anticipations of future demand and consumption and in line with the comprehensive development plans set by the Government of Dubai. It is also based on data and information from developers and the business sector.
All governmental entities and organisations are working to implement the 'Smart City' initiative announced by Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, aiming at transforming Dubai into the smartest city in the world within three years. The initiative features six key pillars and 100 initiatives on transport, communications, infrastructure, electricity, economic services, urban planning. Under the strategy, 1,000 government services will go 'smart' in the next three years.
DEWA has launched three smart initiatives to support the 'Smart City' initiative. These include the 'Shams Dubai' initiative to connect solar power to houses and buildings, 'Smart Applications' initiative through smart meters and grids, and the 'Green Charger' initiative to develop infrastructure and electric vehicles stations.
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA, said, "Our experience in implementing the smart grid strategy is unique because it is fully-integrated. DEWA has developed the smart grid strategy which is a key component of a smart city. We have developed plans and programmes for demand side management, energy efficiency and operational improvement under the smart grid strategy. These programmes include advanced metering infrastructure, asset management, demand-side management, distribution automation, information technology infrastructure, substation automation, system integration, telecommunications, and efficiency, reliability, and availability of energy supplies."
The smart metre initiative focuses on using smart applications through smart meters and grids, and provides many smart features and applications for customers. Within the first phase, DEWA is currently installing 200,000 smart meters which will be operational in January 2016. Subsequently, more than one million smart meters will be installed by 2020 covering all over Dubai, and replacing all mechanical and electromechanical meters. Smart meters will speed service connection, improve response times, provide instant reconnection of electricity, and rationalise consumption to enhance the happiness and well-being of citizens and residents and to support resource sustainability.
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