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His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of the Dubai’s supreme Council of Energy (DSCE) chaired the 13th meeting of the council at DEWA’s Headquarters, with the Secretary General and CEO of the council and other council members in attendance. After the meeting, His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer said: “The Council has discussed, during the 13th DSCE meeting, the latest updates and developments in the field of energy, especially solar energy. Also, the Council has approved a number of projects and initiatives and discussed the financial mechanisms and funding pertaining to the implementation of Dubai’s Integrated Energy Strategy 2030. In this regards, the Council agreed on appointing a consultant for the connection of renewable resources generation to the distribution and transmission system in order to develop the technical, regulatory and economic framework in relation with these connections. “In line with the strategy of the Dubai’s supreme Council of Energy regarding energy supply management, the Council reviewed the progress of the tender preparations to appoint before end of the year, a specialist consultant to develop Dubai’s Integrated Gas Strategy 2030 (DIGS 2030) which is in compliance with Dubai’s Integrated Energy Strategy 2030. The strategy will cover the supply of gas pipelines, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) combined with underground gas storage, and the delivery of the DIGS 2030 is planned for the second quarter of 2012. The plan also aims to search for all different methods and sources to meet the increasing demand for energy.” HE further added. HE pointed out that the Council reviewed also the extension of the closing final date for receiving bids for the Independent Power Project of Hassyan-1 till December, 2011, on the basis of requests received from some bidders. The current plan for the selection of the successful bidder and signing of the Power Purchase Agreement will be by the second quarter of 2012. This reflects how serious and keen the bidding companies are.” His Excellency pointed out: “We have also reviewed the progress of the feasibility study for the first clean coal fired power plant, along with the requests for proposals, and the assessment and development of new regulatory elements for clean coal- based power plants and finally the Dubai’s Supreme Council of Energy approved the 2012 budgets .” His Excellency concluded: “The Council noted the importance of signing the MOU with The United Nations Development Programme in order to organize and host in Dubai “The Sustainable Arabia Conference” intended to be held next year. This Conference will promote sustainable development both in Dubai and the Gulf Region through adopting best practices, effective programmes, as well obvious visions and objectives so that we can ensure managing it efficiently while protecting environment from pollution.