Expo City Dubai set to be powered by renewables

Expo City Dubai set to be powered by renewables

Expo City Dubai, which will host the Cop28 summit shortly, will be fully powered by renewables as the UAE moves ahead to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Expanding on Expo City’s current on-site renewable energy capacity, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) will permanently provide solar energy to the entire Expo City site through international […]Expo City Dubai, which will host the Cop28 summit shortly, will be fully powered by renewables as the UAE moves ahead to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

Expanding on Expo City’s current on-site renewable energy capacity, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) will permanently provide solar energy to the entire Expo City site through international renewable energy certificates (I-Recs) sourced from the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.

Initially supplying over 100,000 megawatt-hours of power, estimated based on the total consumption for 2023, additional I-Recs will be incorporated to meet the growing energy needs of the city.

“This agreement reflects an important step forward in our focus on sustainable development and the transition to clean energy, with Expo City being one of five urban hubs in Dubai’s growth, Reem Al Hashimy, UAE minister of international cooperation and CEO of Expo City Dubai Authority was quoted as saying