Dubai's daily electricity load peaked to 9,074 MW this year, compared to 8,516 MW in 2019.
That's according to Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), which added that the 6.6 per cent year-on-year increase is the highest since 2012.
"This increase in the peak load is a testimony to the boost of social and economic activities in Dubai. DEWA has an installed capacity of 11,700MW of electricity and 470 MIG of water per day," explained Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA.
Meanwhile, DEWA reduced losses in electricity transmission and distribution networks to 3.2 per cent, compared to 6-7 per cent recorded in Europe and the US.
This comes as water network losses decreased to 6.6 per cent, compared to 15 per cent in North America.
Al Tayer highlighted that DEWA achieved a new world record in electricity Customer Minutes Lost (CML) per year. DEWA recorded 1.86 minutes, in Dubai, compared to around 15 minutes recorded by leading electricity companies in the European Union.
A court ordered Australia’s largest airline, Qantas Airways, on Monday to pay a record fine of A$90 million ($58.64 million) for illegally sacking 1,800 ground staff during the COVID-19 pandemic and criticised it for a lack of contrition.
Air Canada's fleet of hundreds of planes remained grounded on Monday morning after striking flight attendants refused a government-backed order to get back to work and called on the airline to return to the bargaining table.
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries saw a slight decline in overall national income in 2023, but their non-oil economies continued to grow steadily, according to new data from the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat).
Air Canada's unionised flight attendants walked off the job early on Saturday morning after pay talks with the country's largest carrier stalled, in a move that is expected to disrupt travel plans for more than 100,000 passengers.
Dubai recorded a GDP of AED119.7 billion in the first three months of the year, marking a 4 per cent growth during the same period last year, driven by strong performances and expansion across various sectors.
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