Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is to install solar carports at their headquarters and at the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment building as part of the Shams Dubai initiative. This is part of DEWA's efforts to increase reliance on clean energy and support Dubai's smart transformation in line with its vision to become a sustainable innovative world-class utility.
DEWA is currently working on this project which aims to generate electricity using photovoltaic (PV) panels connected to its network in the parking lots at the two sites with a total of 902 parking spaces. The DEWA parking lot will have a capacity of 1,780 kilowatts (KW) and 220KW in the Ministry building with a total of approximately 2,000KW in both locations, generating a total of 2,750 MWp, equivalent to reducing about 1,500 tonnes of carbon emissions annually.