Although Dubai’s bright-lights, big-city image is seemingly at odds with an energy-saving agenda, a target of the Dubai Integrated Energy Strategy 2030 (DIES) is to reduce energy consumption by 30% by 2030. It may seem like an ambitious target but the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy (DSCE) believes it can be achieved if the smart use of electricity and water becomes a...
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Articles & Analysis | Reducing consumption key to Dubai's overarching energy strategy from The Report: Dubai 2015
Interviews & Viewpoints | Ahmad Bin Shafar, CEO, Empower: Interview from The Report: Dubai 2015
How will Dubai’s demand side management (DSM) strategy evolve going forward? What opportunities will this bring for private investment?
Articles & Analysis | Efforts to promote sustainability in Dubai's energy sector under way from The Report: Dubai 2015
Hosting the World Expo in 2020 will give Dubai the opportunity to demonstrate its exponential growth, both in the development of sustainable energy sources and in the introduction of measures to foster smarter, more efficient use of power and water. Key performance indicators for the emirate’s energy goals can be benchmarked in the next few years against three specific...
Hydrocarbons continue to meet the large bulk of Dubai’s energy needs, with the UAE sitting on 5.8% of the world’s crude oil reserves. However, the UAE Vision 2021 sets out goals including the reduction of the emirate’s carbon footprint and a desire to play a pioneering role in the development of energy-efficient technologies. The 1200-MW Hassyan clean coal power plant is expected to come on-...
Articles & Analysis | Bahrain considers new options as demand for LNG increases from The Report: Bahrain 2015
Both power generation and much of the industrial sector in Bahrain are fuelled by natural gas, with the country producing 557.97bn standard cu feet (scf) of dry gas per annum, according to BP’s “Statistical Review of World Energy 2014”. Most of this comes from the Bahrain field, where natural gas is found associated with oil, and a small amount...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Minister of Energy: Interview from The Report: Bahrain 2015
Which specific policies is the ministry implementing with regard to the reduction of subsidies, both at the consumer and commercial level?