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H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance, and President of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA, today inaugurated the 21st Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition, WETEX 2019, and the 4th Dubai Solar Show.

DEWA is organising the two exhibitions under the umbrella of the 6th Green Week from 21st to 23rd October, 2019, at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, with 2,350 exhibitors from 55 countries.

Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid was welcomed by Matar Humaid Al Tayer, Chairman of DEWA; Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD&CEO of DEWA and Founder and Chairman of WETEX; and other DEWA Board Members.

Also present at the opening ceremony of WETEX 2019 were Dr Thani Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment; and officials from the public and private sectors.

Following the opening ceremony, Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, and other VIPs, toured the exhibition and were briefed about various innovations, solutions and new products such as energy and water desalination, green technologies, clean and renewable energy, environmental sustainability, and oil and gas.

Sheikh Hamdan inspected the DEWA pavilion. He then launched the Intelligent Gas Turbines Controller that DEWA developed in collaboration with Siemens, to control gas turbines at energy production plants. It is the first of its kind in the world.