Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has stated that the company is advancing sustainable mobility in Dubai through its Green Hydrogen project, which is being implemented at the Research and Development (R&D) Centre at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.
The project aims to enhance energy and resource efficiency in the transportation sector. Since its launch in May 2021, the Green Hydrogen project has generated approximately 90 tons of green hydrogen, with most of this hydrogen being used to produce green energy.
Additionally, over 2.5 tons of hydrogen have been supplied to the ENOC Group’s Service Station of the Future (SSoF) at Expo City Dubai, enough to fuel 500 cars and prevent more than 40 tons of CO2 emissions.
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer MD & CEO – DEWA
“Hydrogen is the fuel of the future and a promising alternative to traditional energy sources. It is significant as Dubai – and the wider UAE – continues to lay the foundation for a green economy. The Green Hydrogen project supports the National Hydrogen Strategy and the UAE’s Net Zero 2050 Strategy. It also supports the Dubai Green Mobility Strategy 2030, to encourage sustainable transport in line with the Emirate’s strategic objectives in terms of sustainability, air quality, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. DEWA encourages the use of sustainable transport such as electric and hybrid vehicles. It contributes to reducing carbon emissions in the transport sector, and consolidates Dubai’s position as the global capital of green economy and sustainable development.”
The station can fuel approximately 50 fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEV) at a speed of approximately eight minutes per car. It is now the only station in the region to provide green hydrogen, hydrocarbon fuels (petrol and diesel), and electric vehicle charging stations. DEWA provides green hydrogen at its filling station, supplied by the Green Hydrogen project.
The Green Hydrogen project is the first of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa to produce green hydrogen using solar energy. The project has been designed and built to accommodate future applications and test platforms for various uses of hydrogen, including the air, land, and sea transport sectors, and other industries.
The Green Hydrogen project, implemented by DEWA in collaboration with Expo 2020 Dubai and Siemens Energy, produces around 20 kilograms of hydrogen per hour. Its storage tank can hold up to 12 hours worth of hydrogen generated using solar energy. The plant utilizes this hydrogen through a gas motor with a power capacity of approximately 300 kilowatts, the company said.
