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2025 Aug 12

DEWA enhances its operational preparedness through smart infrastructure and proactive plans

Many regions around the world, including Europe and the Americas, face significant challenges in ensuring the stability of energy and water networks, especially with the increasing pressures resulting from climate change, digital transformation and rising demand. In 2025, several European countries experienced frequent power outages due to weather fluctuations and inefficient ageing infrastructure, among other reasons. This gap highlights the importance of smart infrastructure and proactive investments, which Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) embodies through its world-leading systems.

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2025 Aug 11

DEWA Youth Forum highlights sustainable leadership and inter-council partnerships ahead of International Youth Day

HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), inaugurated the Youth Forum organised by DEWA’s Youth Council ahead of International Youth Day 2025. The forum included panel discussions and interactive workshops, with broad participation of about 150 young men and women from DEWA employees, the Dubai Youth Council and members of the youth councils of Dubai Municipality, the Emirates Group, Emirates Global Aluminium and e&. It highlighted the achievements of DEWA’s youths in advancing the company’s global leadership and explored ways to empower young professionals in driving sustainable development and enhancing collaboration among youth councils.
2025 Aug 10

DEWA commissions record number of 11 kV distribution substations in first half of 2025

Dubai, UAE, 10 August 2025: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) commissioned a record 924 new 11 kV distribution substations across Dubai in the first half of 2025, up from 558 in the same period in 2024, HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, has said. The construction and associated works involved 654,456.30 man-hours, all completed under stringent quality, efficiency and safety standards. Al Tayer stressed that the achievement reflects DEWA’s commitment to strengthen Dubai’s infrastructure to meet growing electricity demand driven by rapid urban, population and economic growth.
2025 Aug 09

Empowered DEWA youths drive sustainable community impact

The Youth Council of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) supports the company’s social responsibility initiatives and advances its efforts to establish a culture of volunteerism and humanitarian work among employees. DEWA’s youths are demonstrating a steadily growing enthusiasm for opportunities offered by the company and the council to help them make meaningful contributions to society and deepen their involvement in volunteerism and community engagement.
2025 Aug 08

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority PJSC reports a record AED 14.6 billion in revenue for the first half of 2025 and approves dividend payment of AED 3.1 billion

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority PJSC (ISIN: AED001801011) (Symbol: DEWA), the Emirate of Dubai’s exclusive electricity and water services provider, which is listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM), today reported its first half 2025 consolidated financial results, recording first half revenue of AED 14.6 billion, EBITDA of AED 7.0 billion, operating profit of AED 3.7 billion, net profit of AED 2.9 billion and cash from operations of AED 9.2 billion.

2025 Aug 07

DEWA’s R&D Centre secures CE product certification for OmniHub IoT terminal

The Research and Development (R&D) Centre of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has announced that its OmniHub IoT terminal has received the CE product certification for health, safety and environmental compliance. OmniHub successfully passed all testing requirements in a single development cycle covering concept, delivery and maintenance, exceeding industry benchmarks. The R&D Centre highlighted the terminal’s advanced features, particularly its connectivity with the DEWASAT-1 nanosatellite, paving the way for field deployment.

2025 Aug 06

DEWA’s AI-powered Afkari platform delivers strong employee engagement in improving efficiency

Afkari, a Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) internal innovation platform, received 3,424 employee ideas during the first half of 2025, an increase of 24.8% from the same period last year, HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, has said. Participation increased by 7% year on year during the same period to 2,056 employees, with 1,064 ideas contributing to cost savings and 206 currently under implementation. Since its inception in 2015, Afkari has amassed over 70,850 ideas.
2025 Aug 05

DEWA’s virtual employee powered by ChatGPT handles two million inquiries in 2024

HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), has announced a significant improvement in the efficiency, excellence and productivity of responses to customer inquiries, driven by Rammas, DEWA’s virtual employee supported by AI and ChatGPT. Rammas handled two million inquiries in Arabic and English in 2024, marking a 10% increase compared to 2023. Since its launch in 2017 through to the end of 2024, Rammas has responded to more than 11.4 million inquiries across DEWA’s various communication channels.
2025 Aug 04

DEWA's electricity transmission investments surpass AED 7.6 billion

HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), has revealed that DEWA’s electricity transmission network projects now exceed AED 7.6 billion in value. He further noted that DEWA commissioned four 132 kV substations with a conversion capacity of 450 megavolt-amperes during the first half of 2025, at a cost of AED 725 million. These projects included the extension of 228km of transmission cables.
2025 Aug 03

Dubai’s 1,270 EV charging points enhance its leadership in sustainable mobility

HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), has revealed that Dubai now has a network of over 1,270 electric vehicle (EV) charging points across the emirate. This includes charging points provided by DEWA in collaboration with its partners from both the public and private sectors. Al Tayer affirmed that DEWA continues to advance green mobility and support Dubai’s plans to transition to environmentally friendly transport, in line with national efforts to increase the share of electric and hybrid vehicles to 50% of all vehicles on UAE roads by 2050
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