The technical committee of the Emirates Energy Award, EEA, has held its first meeting to review applications received by Dubai Supreme Council of Energy to participate in the 3rd edition of Award.

Themed "Innovative solutions for clean energy", the award is being organised under the patronage of Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in October 2017 in conjunction with World Green Economy Summit in Dubai.

The meeting was led by Dr. Eassa Al Bastaki, Chairman of the committee, with participation of committee members, Saeed Al Abbar, Chairman of Emirates GBC, Habiba Al Marashi, Chairperson of the Emirates Environmental Group, Taher Diab, Secretary-General of EEA, technical committee coordinator, among other experts.

During the meeting, it was revealed that the number of applications has doubled this year compared to the previous cycle of the award. The applications were received from 21 countries from Middle East and North Africa region as well as United States, Finland, Portugal, Germany, Sweden and India, which demonstrates the remarkable position of the award on both regional and global levels.

"EEA 2017 is organised in line with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to support the regional and international efforts to apply renewable energy solutions and move into a green economy. In this regard, we ensured this year to build on our successes in the previous two cycles of the award. Looking at the number and the diversity of the applications we received this year, we can say that EEA is well positioned as a leading event that support innovation in the energy field," said Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice-Chairman of the DSCE, and President of EEA.

"The increase in the number of participants in this edition of EEA reflects the countries’ tireless efforts to adopt renewable energy compared with conventional sources of energy. DSCE supports all the regional and global efforts to adopt best innovative solutions in the renewable energy sector, preserve energy and water, and protect environment," said Ahmad Butti Al Muhairbi, Secretary-General of Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and Vice Chairman of Executive Committee of EEA.

Dr. Eassa Al Bastaki said that applicants who participated in the award included projects and programmes in various energy sectors such as energy efficiency, renewable energy, research and development, R&D, best practices, finding solutions for sustainable energy resources, in addition to moving to low-carbon print economy and sustainable development as per the directives of the wise leadership.

The technical committee of EEA plans to complete its assessments and choose the candidates list by end of July, before submitting the selections to the DSCE Board for final approval.

source: WAM