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The Supreme Council of Energy (SCE) for Dubai is participating in the World Future Energy Summit 2012 (WFES), which takes place in Abu Dhabi from 16th to 19th of January. The Council’s participation supports the vision of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and supports the vision of The SCE to deliver a continuous and efficient supply of power, enhanced by renewable sources of energy, while sharing expertise and best practices in international forums, exhibitions and conferences. The SCE will showcase a model of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in the Council’s pavilion at WFES. Dubai intends to use solar energy to generate 5% of its total power supply by 2030 with a production capacity of 1,000 MW as part of the Dubai Integrated Energy Strategy 2030. “At the outset, we would like to extend our thanks and appreciation to HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and Chairman of The Executive Council and Sponsor of WFES 2012. Furthermore, we would like to thank the organizing committee for hosting this event in the UAE. This demonstrates the interest of our nation to be a part of the global impetus to find energy and environmental solutions to meet international challenges. We are keen to participate in this important event, in which world leaders, ministers of energy, international companies, and a selection of top experts in the fields of energy, gas, and oil will discuss the efficiency of energy, investments, and also strategies and policies on energy and conserving the environment. This summit is a great opportunity to look at, and share, international expertise in different fields of energy by displaying the model of the recently-launched Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, which will be initiated within the next few months in 2012,” said HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of the SCE. “Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is an advanced model of power production, which achieves our leaders’ aspirations to diversify sources of energy; specifically by using renewable energy to conserve resources and protect the environment from pollution. This solar park will significantly enhance our efforts to achieve sustainable development, which is the cornerstone of our projects to achieve prosperity for everyone, for generations to come. We would like also to add that the Supreme Council of Energy has important partnerships with Abu Dhabi’s Masdar, and there will be joint future initiatives in various fields of energy, including the Atlas project.” “Towards the end of 2010, the SCE developed the Dubai Integrated Energy Strategy 2030, and it is now in the process of implementation. Also, in 2011, the Council set Dubai’s strategic direction to secure a sustainable supply of energy and enhance the efficiency of demand for water, energy, and fuel transmission. To meet the requirements for sustainable development, Dubai intends to diversify its sources of fuel supply by 2030 to include solar energy providing 5%, clean coal providing 12%, nuclear energy: 12%, and gas at 71%. Currently, Dubai generates 99% of its electricity from gas and 1% from fuel oil,” said His Excellency. “Several general energy-related matters and future energy in particular, are topics for discussion at this Summit for specialists and experts from every corner of the globe. This international event is an important step in the pursuit to conserve current and future energy sources, due to far-reaching developments in the region; across different economic, industrial, tourist, environmental, and social fields and the ever-increasing demand for electricity,” said Nejib Zaafrani, Secretary General and CEO of The SCE. The Secretary General and CEO of The SCE welcomed visitors to the council’s pavilion commenting that, “visitors, especially university students, can look at, and study, the model of the solar park during the exhibition, as this project will be an advanced model of alternative energy.” This project provides Dubai with the option to increase its solar power production target from 5% to 10% for Dubai as costs of solar power production are expected to decrease further in the future. Such decreases have already been recorded in the costs of kilowatt/hour (kW/h) with the 2004 price of 120 fils per kW/h decreasing to 70 fils per kW/h in 2012. These decreasing costs indicate that solar energy promises to be an attractive source of energy in the future. At present 4.5 MW is being produced by solar energy by some private sector utilities in locations such as at Jebel Ali, Jumeirah Palm Island, the Meydan Project, and car parking meters under supervision of The SCE.