Etihad ESCO Selects Siemens & Smart4Power for Retrofitting at Dubai International Airport Terminals
Etihad Energy Service Company (Etihad ESCO), a leading power Service company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of DEWA, announced its partnership with Siemens Tech and Smart4Power for the execution of an Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) Project at the Dubai International Airport terminal, which entails the execution of energy performance procedures at Terminal 1, Terminal 2, Incurable 3 and Concourse B. The 7 year long project will certainly assure a total amount of 23 percent decrease on annual power expense.
The proposed energy effectiveness measures for the Dubai International Airport terminals include setup of photovoltaic or pv solutions. The seven-year partnership with Siemens and Smart4Power involves a total amount of 4 facilities for retrofits that will be constructed over a duration of 18 months and assures an overall conserving of AED 209,781,579 in 7 years. The ESCOs will certainly also mount a Solar Retrofit of 5 MWp capability on Terminal 2.
Siemens also announced the partnership with Etihad ESCO at WFES 2018 (World Future Power Summit) on 16th January in Abu Dhabi. Siemens will certainly be in charge of the project's design, supply, installation, commissioning and upkeep, and the measurement, confirmation and warranty of power financial savings during the training course of the partnership.
Ali Al Jassim, Chief Executive Officer of Etihad ESCO, said: "The new partnership with Siemens and Smart4Power for retrofitting program at Dubai International Airport terminals better increases our journey to achieving 30 percent power need reduction by 2030 in Dubai. Etihad ESCO is currently retrofitting over 30,000 structures in the Emirate to make certain energy effectiveness and take care of rising power need."
Etihad ESCO had signed the contract with Dubai Airports in October 2017, at the 19th Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (WETEX). The agreement was signed by H.E. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, MD & CEO of DEWA and Chairman of Etihad and H.E. Jamal Al-Hai, Deputy CEO of Dubai Airports.
